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Congratulations on great pioneering work!

I believe the proofreading and editing will become the crucial issue in the foreseeable future.

There are other friends on the forum providing new editions of old works - I think it is wonderful, am not sure how comfortable they would be with it, but ...

Also, the note size is disproportionally large compared to the page size. It looks like music written for very young children. A more common measurement would be a 9X12 inch page (or 10X13 or B4) with a stave size of 7 or (better) 7.5 mm.

They're already 9x12 with 7.5mm staff size.

But I sent ...

Hello! The handwritten score is peculiar: no system line for the whole orchestra, separate brackets for the woodwind instruments, separate brackets for the brass instruments, and an alto clef with dots like an F clef. Who wrote it?

IMSLP doesn't provide any information except that it was ...

I plan to do a proper editing pass before I publish them, but here's a sample of Trumpet I for now. It includes the original part, plus Astra's alternative part for modern B-flat trumpet. It was Astra's idea to include the alternative -- a good idea, I think.

While glancing over the parts today ...

Vogel wrote: 12 Sep 2026, 01:35 I recorded my screen as Astra engraved a Haydn SQ minuet & trio in 55 minutes: https://x.com/aug5thmusic/status/2098584544895025193

Note that that includes the 10 minutes I spent proofreading Astra's work and writing prompts. The time Astra actually spent working was 45 minutes.

I recorded my screen as Astra engraved a Haydn SQ minuet & trio in 55 minutes: https://x.com/aug5thmusic/status/2098584544895025193

This is every prompt I sent:

1. "Take this score and turn it into a polished LilyPond engraving." (`sq-minuet.pdf`)
2. "This is a good start, but there are errors to ...

I'd be curious to see one of the extracted parts.

I plan to do a proper editing pass before I publish them, but here's a sample of Trumpet I for now. It includes the original part, plus Astra's alternative part for modern B-flat trumpet. It was Astra's idea to include the alternative -- a good ...

GPT-6 Astra was released recently and it’s a big upgrade over previous models. I recently used it to create a new edition of Weber’s Symphony No. 2, which will soon be uploaded to IMSLP for all to enjoy, LilyPond files included.

The work was completed over two days, during which Astra worked almost ...

I've never heard of a separate piano score for a choral piece. It seems unnecessary to me. If the pianist requested it, I might do it as special a accommodation, but I wouldn't publish it.

Regarding condensing, yes, I think it's acceptable. Just use your own discretion about where it is useful vs ...

But OMR is a hard problem with limited benefits, so it gets very little research attention.

Limited commercial benefits, because people now expect that things happen automatically without any effort or time spent, so don't feel the need to reimburse for them; though the cultural benefits of ...