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Engraving was the term for setting musical scores in type for printing and publication. It was done in a variety of ways from actually engraving on a metal plate to musical typewriters. It was a very tedious and expensive process and required skilled craftspeople to make the engravings. As a result, a lot of music was never published or only published as reproductions of a copyists manuscripts and also contributed to the high cost of printed music. In later years engraving was often done overseas where labor was cheaper. In the digital age this is now done with software such as a Sibelius of Finale, but the term engraving persists even though I doubt anybody actually engraves music these days. Wikipedia has a pretty good explanation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_engraving) and Don Krummel's book Music Printing and Publishing is the classic reference in the history of music publishing. David Seubert UCSB Lou Judson wrote: > Simple, possibly ignorant question - what is meant by "digital > engraving" here? New term for me. Are you having the manuscripts > engraved in pewter, or what? > > Lou Judson • Intuitive Audio > 415-883-2689 > > On May 10, 2006, at 9:51 AM, Jon Becker wrote: > >> The Collins project aims to restore the composer's music legacy, with a >> priority on digital engraving and recording of all the music. >