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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I think this is the way New York Point worked, but
I could be wrong. It had a variable cell, normally three dots going across
and two down, but if a letter was made up of only three dots going down, the
next letter could start immediately after, without leaving a space as we would
for the 4-5-6 if we were writing two l's. Capital letters could take
up as many as twelve dots, or four columns. The slates were interesting,
but the braille writers were even more! I know there was a system of
contractions and music. The Matilda Ziegler Magazine published an edition
in New York Point until the mid '60's. Everybody else stopped publishing
it in 1917, when braille grade 1-1/2 was officially adopted as the United
states' one tactile system. There was also a system called American
Braille, which used the regular six-dot configuration but different dots for
letters, based on their frequency of use in English. I think a was the
same, but e was dot 2, and s was dots 1-2. It was used at Perkins, and
there were a few books still around in it when I was there. Then there
were at least three different systems of raised print and Moon type. Helen
Keller needed to know them all. She didn't do as well on her Radcliffe
math exam because the transcriber wrote it in the American Braille system which
she hadn't seen before.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">David</DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=dthaifley@iowatelecom.net
href="mailto:dthaifley@iowatelecom.net">Teresa Haifley</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=menvi-discuss@menvi.org
href="mailto:menvi-discuss@menvi.org">'This is for discussing music and
braille literacy'</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 10, 2014 9:02
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Menvi-discuss] Braille Cell
Numbering</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=751025201-11022014><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Thanks, Rick. It looks like the NY system was a larger
cell of 4 or more dots across instead of 2 as we have now. It was
interesting reading, though. .</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=751025201-11022014><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Teresa</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> Menvi-discuss
[mailto:menvi-discuss-bounces@menvi.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Rick
Coates<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 05, 2014 5:49 AM<BR><B>To:</B> This
is for discussing music and braille literacy<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[Menvi-discuss] Braille Cell Numbering<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Prior to adopting the braille music code in NC in the early
1900's, my school used a system called the NY point system. I do not
know if the numbering system was different than braille. Rick
Coates<BR></DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 10:45 PM, Teresa Haifley <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:dthaifley@iowatelecom.net"
target=_blank>dthaifley@iowatelecom.net</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial>Hello,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial>Does anyone know if the dots in the braille
cell were ever numbered in a different order? They used to be
called "points" instead of dots, but were they number 1 3 5 on the left and
2 4 6 on the right? It makes a difference in understanding an old
music instruction book I'm studying.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial>Thanks,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial>Teresa</FONT></SPAN></DIV></DIV><BR>Please visit
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