Re: A must-see for anybody on this list

[Andrew Bernard]

Truly inspiring to watch a master craftsman engraving. I too was 
astonished at the cutting of beams and stems without a rule, and the 
virtuoso slur engraving. When you consider slurs are thinner at the 
ends, there must a lessening of the graver pressure at the ends of the 
slur which is incredibly subtle. Astounding technique.

The video shows the plates in the archives 'lovingly preserved'. I note 
that the Henle website now has plates for sale for all of 31 euros each, 
for which I understand you get a random plate. So have they decided to 
disperse the collection and throw it away? Seems a great pity to lose 
such a valuable reference library of engraved material.

Andrew