Price quote for better tied chords?

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

VSD wrote:
> All,
>
> it seems that Lilypond still manages the tied chords poorly, and the 
> ties  in chords collide very often.
>
> e.g. see:
>
> http://personales.ya.com/v_s_d/tied_chords.png
>
> imho this problem should be solved to avoid "poor looking" spots in the  
> otherwise gorgeously engraved lilypond scores, so I would be willing to  
> sponsor a feature which helps to improve this issue.
>
> Anyone would like to join forces (budget) with me to help me to afford 
> the  sponsoring? :)

Hi,

I have taken a closer look at tie formatting in the beautiful Wiener 
Urtext of Brahms op 119 that I have (the piece has lots and lots of 
ties).  I think that I can cook something that closely mimicks this 
style, and solves the existing problems with seconds in chords.  The 
trickiest bit is that ties should avoid staff lines, and which means 
that short ties should completely be inside the spaces, while long ties 
should cross the staff line, to have their horizontal part in the center 
of the space.

If anyone is interested, I can put up a scan of the Brahms piece.

Implementing this (and figuring out the mechanism) is somewhat involved
so I have to charge EUR 450 to implement it. AFAICS, we already have 
pledges for 300 EUR, so an additional EUR 150 is still needed. Of 
course, contributions of smaller amounts (eg 3 people contributing 50 
euro) are also welcome.

Hans' suggested to move the attachment points horizontally for seconds. 
That would make things less ugly, but it is contrary to the engraving 
conventions.

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