A simple button click enables the Physical Attributes form to display Notes or Label/Pressing Details. Examples of both are shown above. Label/Pressing Details can relate to CDs or LPs.

Description Of These Physical Attributes
Most of the information displayed above is self-explanatory. The Record 1 of 2 at the bottom of the form indicates that this Maestro user owns 2 copies of this LP. Clicking the Right Arrow button at the top of the form enables perusing the physical attributes that describe the other copy. After clicking this arrow, the Record indicator will read Record 2 of 2.

Where Did I File It?
To ensure you can locate any album quickly, Maestro Manager tracks the filing location of each album in your collection with the ability to pinpoint this to a specific place in a shelf, cabinet, or location. To enable this ability, Maestro dedicates 2 fields to an album's filing location. One field (Where Stored) tracks the storage location and the second field (Where Stored1) tracks the section or an area within the storage location.

The form above indicates that the Maestro user filed his first copy of RCA LSC 1893 in the "Ravel" section of the "Main Cabinet". Note that most users find it easier to abbreviate and would use "R" instead of Ravel. Other examples used to describe where albums are filed include:

• The "de Falla" section of the "Spanish Music" storage location"
• The "Bach" section of the "For Sale" storage location
• The "Piano Concerto" section of the "Upstairs Cabinet"
• The "Verdi" section of the "Opera" storage location
• The "Spanish Music" section of the "Porch Cabinet"
• At "Mary's House"

Essential Feature
Given a collection of any size, it is probable that the collection's owner has misplaced some albums or compositions. For instance, if your sole rendition of the Berg Violin Concerto is filed under the album's other composer, you may forget that you own a copy. It is essential, therefore, that any software program devoted to managing collections of recordings has the ability to pinpoint the filing location of each album. Music cataloging software that can but display information that describes an album provides limited value if the user cannot locate that album.

Other Cataloging Programs
A few cataloging programs track an album's filing location via the use of a single field. Instead of the “Bach section” of the “Upstairs Cabinet,” they track to the “Upstairs Cabinet.” This too provides limited value. If you own duplicates, each copy may be in different sections of the same general location, e.g., one filed by record label and the other filed with albums that are for sale. You might locate one copy, but the other could be aggravating to find. Or consider if the albums in the Upstairs Cabinet are filed by composer, you'd spend considerable time searching for an album that contains compositions written by Alwyn, Grainger, Elgar, Leigh, and Bax.