00100										Leland Smith
00200										Music Department
00300										Stanford, California 94305
00400	
00500										Nov. 13, 1975  
00600	Dear Mr. Thorne,
00700	
00800		I have enclosed some examples of my computer music printing system.  The
00850	
00900	final  form  of  the  Bonporti-Smith  work  is  printed by conventional
00950	
01000	photo-lithography methods.  The over-sized original of each page was produced by
01050	
01100	the computer and then photographically reduced by 40%.  The photo and press work
01150	
01200	for this kind of copy comes to about $16 to $23 per page (500 copies).  All the
01250	
01300	other copy enclosed is produced by a XEROX machine hooked directly to the
01350	
01400	computer.  I consider these as proof sheets (not up to publication standards)
01450	
01500	but completely adequate for almost any performance purposes.
01550	
01600		The individual parts are produced by my automatic part extractor.   Most
01650	
01700	of the standard transpositions are available (the computer takes less than a
01750	
01800	second to transpose a full page.)
01900	
03300		It is difficult to judge exact costs, but for experimental purposes I
03350	
03400	have worked out a price list for the production of these XEROX sheets.  The
03450	
03500	prices are based on the use of student labor (working as research assistants at
03550	
03600	c.$5/hr) plus a little for the computer lab's overhead.  (This work is loosely
03650	
03700	considered "research" and there are no charges for computer use at this time.)
03750	
04300		.80 per line for scores
04400		.25 per line for parts from a computerized score.
04500	
04600	Thus the charge for score and parts to the enclosed Bach Prelude and Fugue would
04650	
04700	be in the neighborhood of $200 - $250.   Multiple copies can be produced at
04750	
04800	regular XEROX prices, c. .04/page.
04900	
05200		Depending on the availability of student help, the Bach work could be
05250	
05300	turned out in 2 to 5 weeks.  One very important advantage of this system is that
05350	
05400	once the composer has proof read the score, the parts will surely be correct.
05450	
05500	Usually the only editing of parts necessary is to add some of the dynamics and
05550	
05600	improve the visual aspects of the layout.
05700	
06200		In our phone conversation I believe I mentioned that Walter Anderson, of
06250	
06300	the N.E.A.  music division, expressed interest in my system as a means of
06350	
06400	improving the circulation of American music.  Perhaps ACA could convince him to
06450	
06500	sponsor a pilot project to print ACA works using some of the funds that are
06550	
06600	given out to composers to pay copyist fees.
06700	
07000		No matter what the source of the funds, I would be interested in trying
07050	
07100	a few projects.  Of course I am not in a position to do a massive amount of work
07150	
07200	but it is to my benefit to try my system on a variety of pieces.
07500	
07600	
07700	
07800	
07900	
08000								Very sincerely,
08100	
08200	
08300	
08400	
08500								Leland Smith