Klarinet Archive - Posting 000664.txt from 1997/02

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.com>
Subj: Re: unknown composers
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 11:11:04 -0500

Franck Laloe wrote:

> Stimulated by your suggestion, I had a look at the manuscript. What is
> written is either Paulo Strameri, or Paulo Stramezi, or something in this
> style (the hand writing is not very legible and there are little spots on
> the manuscript). So in can not be either Karl or Johann Stamitz, but this
> was an interesting idea.

If you have a scanner handy you may want to scan the manuscript
at high resolution using the largest gray-scale ramp your software/
scanner supports. Using your favorite scanner and/or image processing
software you can then postprocess the image and "clean" it up using
the digital filters.

If the spots are obscuring notes, may I suggest using colored gels
in between the manuscript and scanner? Sometimes pictures taken in
different light show "hidden" details.

Franck most assuredly knows this, but I'm sure there are others who
haven't thought of the idea.
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