Here's a lovely site that shouldn't be overlooked:

http://www.melodylane.net/

You need to join it in order to access the goodies, and at the moment no one can get in, either members or new registrations, because she's updating it; but keep checking back. It's worth it.

I was going to ask this in Max's Update thread, but it's more relevant here - Joe or any of the clones, elves and other assorted wildlife:

I notice on Mudcat's front page that there is a very fine colletion of Russian folk songs which is archived in (among other formats) sheet music form, as scanned .gif files. I looked around and didn't see any other sheet music (though I could have missed something), so my question is - would the Cat be interested in having a general sheet music library of further scanned .gif files? I don't know if it would take up too much bandwidth, but if not then let us know. I could certainly scan some .gif files and then email them in. Or would .jpg files be better?

Is this a good idea? (Or a bad one?)

Note on copyright: At least in Europe, the composer (and also I assume the arranger, unless you just send in a lead-line with chords) must have been dead for 70 years, so we're talking before 1938.