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Maestro's Answers Include Copy-Specific Details
In response to questions, Maestro displays an Album Cover View of each album that fulfilled your question's criteria along with displaying the copy-specific details contained in the Physical Attributes window. The Physical Attributes window is synchronized with the album described in the Album Cover View window. Thus when RCA LSC 1893 is described in the Album Cover View window, the Physical Attributes window displays the physical attributes of all copies of RCA LSC 1893 that you own. At any one time, the Physical Attributes window displays the attributes associated with one copy of an album. Should you own more than one copy, use the ARROW buttons at the top of the Physical Attributes window to move to and display the attributes associated with any other copy. A description of the Physical Attributes window used to reply to your questions follows.
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The
Physical Attributes window can display either Notes or Label/Pressing
Details at a click of a button. Label/Pressing Details can relate
to CDs or LPs.
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Description
Of These Physical Attributes
Most
of the information displayed the Physical Attributes window shown in the
photo above is self-explanatory though several items benefit from additional
detail. Do see Physical Attributes Window—Described
for in-depth description on utilizing this window to enhance control of
your album collection. Note that the "LP" selection in the Media
Format area near the top of the window indicates that the copy of RCA
LSC 1893 described in the window is an LP.
The Record # Indicator
In the photo, the "Record 1 of 2" at the
bottom of the window indicates that this Maestro user owns 2 copies
of RCA LSC 1893. Clicking the Right ARROW button at the
top of the window enables perusing the physical attributes that describe
the other copy. After clicking that arrow, the Record indicator would
read "Record 2 of 2".
Where
Did I File It?
To
ensure you can locate any album quickly, Maestro Manager pinpoints
the filing location of each copy of each album to a SPECIFIC PLACE within
a SPECIFIC CABINET, shelf, room, or storage area. See Storage
Details for in-depth mention about the 2 fields Maestro dedicates
to tracking filing locations. In the photo, "Main Cabinet" and
"Ravel" displayed in the Storage Details section indicates that
this Maestro user filed his 1st copy of RCA LSC 1893 in the Ravel
section of his Main Cabinet storage location. (Note that most users find
it easier to abbreviate and would use "R" instead of Ravel.)
To determine the filing location of his 2nd copy of this album, the user
would click on the Right ARROW button which opens the physical
attributes that pertain to this 2nd copy.
With the availability of 2 fields to pinpoint filing locations, the various
ways to describe these locations are near infinite. Several examples that
utilize the two fields to describe where albums are filed follow.
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the "de Falla" section in the "Spanish Music"
storage location • the "Reiner" section in the "Bedroom" • the "chamber music" section in the "For Sale" storage location • the "second shelf" in the "3rd cabinet" • the "Piano Concerto" section in the "Upstairs Cabinet" • the "Albeniz" section in the "Guitar" storage location • the "For Sale" section in "Hallway Cabinet #2" • the "Verdi" section in the "Opera" storage location • "borrowed by Mary" • the "Alwyn" section in the "Big Closet" |
Use
Any Filing Strategy
In
the examples above, notice the different filing strategies. As Maestro
is strategy independent, users can use any one or any combination of strategies
to file their albums. Regardless, Maestro can pinpoint the exact
location of every copy of every album in a collection. Even if some albums
are filed alphabetically by label and some albums are filed by specific
shelves within various cabinet locations and other albums are filed by
musical categories within a "for sale" location, Maestro can pinpoint
the exact location of each copy of each album that contains performances
conducted by Leonard Bernstein. With this freedom, some users reorganize
their collection creating sections for different vertical categories.
These users were unable to use this approach previously as many items
would be misplaced never to see the light of day unless found accidentally.
Essential
Feature
With
a collection of reasonable size, it is likely that some albums or compositions
will be overlooked, misplaced, or possibly forgotten. For instance, if
your sole rendition of the Berg Violin Concerto is filed in an
area devoted to the album's other composer, you may forget that you own
a copy of the Berg concerto. 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. When you inquire about
the Berg concerto, Maestro indicates it is located in the Stravinsky
section of Hallway Cabinet #2.
Other
Cataloging Programs
Not every cataloging program tracks filing
locations. The few programs that track locations typically use but one
field to represent the location. Instead of the "Bax" section
in "Cabinet #2" other programs would track to "Cabinet
#2." This information is of limited value as where would you look
in Cabinet #2 to locate albums that contain compositions written by multiple
composers such as one that contains works by Alwyn, Grainger, Elgar, Leigh,
and Bax? Instead of the "Bach section" of the "Upstairs
Cabinet" another program would indicate the "Upstairs Cabinet."
If you own duplicates, each copy may be in different sections of the "Upstairs
Cabinet" e.g., one filed by composer's name and the other filed with
albums that are "For Sale". You might locate one copy, but the
other would likely be aggravating to find.
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