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Add stylistic alternate for old (French) double sharp #280

Open rettinghaus opened 1 year ago

rettinghaus commented 1 year ago

In a print by Simon Richault I found this peculiar variant of a double sharp:

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Source: Sayve, Auguste de: Duo, Paris [1830]

Maybe worth adding as an alternate?

adrianholovaty commented 1 year ago

Just chiming in to say I agree this is worth considering. I've also run across this variant in my own work.

An example is from the "St Louis: Kunkel Brothers, 1878" engraving of Franz Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, available via this IMSLP page. Here's a screenshot from page number 3 (page 5 of the PDF):

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