Jeri, I'd agree if all that was required was a MIDI. I guess part of what I'm thinking in terms of (even though it's nothing to do with me) is how much more you can do with abc.

MIDI just gives things like note on/note off instructions and attempts are made from that to construct a score by some programs, all of which may handle things differently. It may not be important for this project but with abc, you still can produce a sound MIDI and for the abc give instructions as where to show slurs, where to beam notes, etc and get close to original documents.

Jon (not wanting to argue or to try to push in on a project but wishing others may learn the advantages of the likes of abc for certain tasks and why midi is avoided for some tasks).