John Howell wrote:
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!
John
Oh sure, I used Cameo ink and vellum. In my comp teacher's eyes it
wasn't really music unless it was sketched on a Cameo pad and copied on
Cameo vellum.
Later, one of the Cameo main employee's started her own company - what
was that name?
I never got along with pen and ink - the pens never worked right for
me. My wife copied my master's thesis score for me as a I fed her the
pencil pages. The computer was a godsend for me. And I love being able
to fiddle with old files - rearrange old arrangements, etc.
RBH
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