Re: Barlines are too thick

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

Marnen Laibow-Koser escreveu:
> Thomas Scharkowski wrote:
> [...]
>> I have looked into some other editions (Bärenreiter, Peters, Breitkopf
>> & Härtel, Schott) - the barlines are always thicker than the stafflines.
> 
> Yes, but by how much?
> 
> Maybe these extremely thick barlines are a German practice.  I note that
> all the editions you mentioned are from Germany or Austria, and in my
> own library, the thickest barlines seem to belong to editions from
> German-speaking or heavily German-influenced areas (Henle, Könemann
> [actually Hungarian], Wiener Urtext).  Thinner barlines are used by

We try to mimick German style engraving. Perhaps we should mention that 
somewhere


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