![]() ![]() For me, the JG Music Writer laid down a slightly less dark line than the other three but it wasn’t so light that it was an issue.Ī very nice pencil, indeed, and boy would I love to know for sure the actual manufacturer and model. Of the four, the Venus Velvet wears faster. Venus Velvet #2, the EF Blackwing 602, the JG Music Writer and the Blaisdell Calculator 600, and she ranked them in the order I just listed. I had my wife do a blind comparison of the American Pencil Co. In any event, the JG Music Writer IS a smooth writer as you stated, Sean. It seems plausible the JG has the same core as the Alpheus, as Judy Green Music’s representative stated, and any difference between it and the original Alpheus is due to age or subtle changes in the formulation as many pencils experience over the years. I’d love to compare the core to other Musgrave graphite formulations. The finish and appearance is quite similar to the Test Scorer a coat of paint so thin it reveals the wood grains underneath. They both have a full hex but for some reason the JG Music Writer didn’t bother me as much as the Test Scorer, though that could be my own variance. The JG Music Writer also holds its point far longer than the Test Scorer. I wish I still had a Musgrave 100 Test Scorer to compare them to but I agree with you, Sean, there is really no comparing the “crumble factor” between the two. … pencils like the Alpheus Music Writer and the Aztec Scoremaster 101 will remain reminders of a bygone era. ![]() But until Faber-Castell relents and gives my proposal for a new music pencil a try¹ (or at least lets me order a bunch for myself²) … This successor to the Alpheus pencil is a very smooth writer and has a thick lead which, again, is similar to the Musgrave 100 Test Scorer. Judy Green passed away in 2007, but Judy Green Music still provides music copying supplies under the aegis of All-Print U.S.A. By 1980 she started her own music copying company, called Judy Green Music, and offered a pencil called the Judy Green Music Writer. But there’s a coda to this story.Ī music copyist who worked for Cameo Music, Judy Green, eventually became one of the owners of Alpheus Music. In fact the color and feel of the pencils reminds me a little of the Musgrave 100 Test Scoring Pencil, which leads me to admit that I don’t (yet) know who manufactured these pencils for Alpheus Music. I haven’t any idea how many there might still be tucked away in boxes and desk drawers, so I feel very fortunate to have these three:Īs you can see, the finish isn’t very smooth and the ends of the pencils seem roughly cut. In the following photo of Bernstein’s pencils (or “little soldiers” as he called them) you can see mixed in with the Eberhard Faber Blackwing stubs several Music Writers as well:Īlpheus Music would eventually close its doors, and so too the silver Music Writer slipped slowly beneath the waves. ![]() There was also a store-branded pencil called the Music Writer, reputedly a favorite among many composers and arrangers, including Leonard Bernstein. Prior to the desktop-publishing revolution, composers and arrangers of every sort could buy manuscript paper, ink, dip pens, straight edges, templates, and everything else a musician might need for their parts, charts, and scores. For Ponce de Leon? To find the Fountain of Youth for Cantor, to map the Continuum.Īlpheus Music of Hollywood, California, was in part a supply store for music copyists. ![]()
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