On 24 Sep 2006 at 12:27, John Howell wrote: > At 9:25 AM -0400 9/24/06, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: > >At 06:15 AM 9/24/06 -0700, Richard Yates wrote: > >>I thought it amazing that it took him ONLY eight hours to do that > >>page with those methods. > > > >Yeah, amazing, but I thought it was more amazing that all that time & > >talent & cash was being tossed into old music again -- not to > >mention, ye gads, working with lead with bare hands and no face mask! > > I caught that mention of lead, too. Whatever happened to using > copper?
I thought modern engraving (i.e., since c. 1850) was done on steel plates. I've seen a plate of the first edition of Wagner's Tristan. I wouldn't know how to say whether it was steel or lead or tin. It certainly wasn't copper. I was told by the owner (a well-known Wagner scholar) that it was steel, but I can't say that he has any special expertise in the subject of the history of engraving. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
