At 3:07 PM -0800 2/19/06, Dean M. Estabrook wrote:
Mein Gott ... I'm just remembering my MA Thesis, which composed in 1965 or so, and consists of 87 pages of score for 22 wind instruments. I, of course, hand copied the thing using india ink on vellum from Cameo Music in Hollywood, working 8 hours per day and averaging 4 pages of MS each day. I still have an indentation on my right index finger! Just for fun, and to see what it really sounds like (more or less), I've been transcribing the first movement to Fin06/GPO. I'm still averaging about 4 pages per day, 'cause that's about all I can stand of it, but it only takes about an hour to do that much. Times have certainly changed.
Ah, another alumnus of 1527 1/2 North Vine St. in Hollywood!!! I wonder if they're still there. We used engrossing ink, which most people have never heard of.
When I switched from hand copying to computer, I found that actually entering the notes took me about the same amount of time, but the savings was in being able to manipulate things once entered, just like with word processing. I now work directly to the computer, and have a cabinet full of manuscript paper (King Brand, not Cameo) that I may never use up!
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