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Re: LilyPond's 'oldEE' accordion symbol


From: Owen Lamb
Subject: Re: LilyPond's 'oldEE' accordion symbol
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2022 21:29:52 -0700
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I have searched most of my accordion literature, both old and modern
norwegian and german publications, some old sovjet accordion books
and old american publications like the one I sent you a snapshot of
earlier.  I only find the (R) and (*) symbols in the publications
from Alfred Music in New York.  These are single scores with no
editorial.  So I have no more sources than what I can google.
Thanks a lot for the details!

Yes, thank you!

In that case, I propose the SMuFL name for the glyph be accdnClosedSwitchOld, seeing as:

* "CLOSED SWITCH" was said to stand in for the symbol in the one contemporary explanation found (/Deiro's Royal Method/, 1936), and * the suffix -Old is well-attested in SMuFL, clueing the user in to a glyph's obsolescence. (I can't find an example of -Old being used without there being a non-Old counterpart, but I don't think the absence of an accdnClosedSwitch glyph will be surprising to any accordion engraver.)

Objections/suggestions/refinements?


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