Klarinet Archive - Posting 000981.txt from 2003/02

From: alevin@-----. Levin)
Subj: Re: [kl] The C-T manuscript at UCSC
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 15:05:56 -0500

At 09:12 PM 2/27/03 +0000, you wrote: He instantly recognized it as an
>example of "ozalid," the technique used for architectural blueprints,
>which was also used for music before the Xerox era.

Let me tell you from experience: That process was a pain in the
posterior. First you wrote your manuscript. Then you corrected your
manuscript. Then you started in on the onionskin copy. Then you gave it
to the printer and hoped that you had everything where it was supposed to
be. Then you got the printed copies and were immensely proud of the
result. Then, after a few days or weeks, you took the printed copies to
rehearsal and found that you had missed sharps, flats, dots, notes, measure
lines, etc. or, worse, the printing process blurred some of the above or
they didn't print. You wanted to curse the copyist - but that was you!

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