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Stephen Ferre joined New Notations in 1992 as a music typesetter and became a partner to Stephen Gibson in 1995. In addition to his engraving skills he brought a comprehensive knowledge of Finale and a broad-base computer hardware background. Though New Notations had sold both computer hardware and music software before 1995, this was primarily limited to Score workstations. From 1995 to 1998 the software product line grew until we (by request or our customers) began to assemble complete workstations for music applications, resulting in the birth of the New Notations branded computers. By mid-1999 the software and hardware business was growing so rapidly that it was becoming clear that some re-organization was necessary. It was therefore agreed to split the business between the two partners, adapting the company names to reflect the focus of the business. New Notations London retained the old mostly engraving model while NNCS became more focused on the computer services side.
New Notations Computer Services keeps its ties with the publishing industry (typography and services), but approaches the retail/mail order aspect of the business with renewed vigor and higher priority. By giving up the European Score distribution to New Notations London, NNCS is able to more actively promote other similar products in our portfolio, such as Sibelius and Finale. It is important to note that although we cooperate on various projects with New Notations London, we are wholly separate.
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