Personally, I don't like wire coil binding. The main reason is that due to the "angle" of the coil (can't think of a better word at the moment) the page you're turning ends up being lower than the remaining pages. In other words, the left half is slightly lower than the right half. When used on a tilted music stand, it creates just as much noise as the comb binding and it bends the paper on the corners close to the bind. Go with the comb, it's slightly cheaper, and easier to replace pages if you need to correct mistakes.
Also, I would go for 11x14 score size unless you have specific orders from the librarian you're dealing with. I like this size for two reasons: 1) It's a lot easier to take an 11x17 sheet and make one cut of 3 inches off the bottom; and 2) if you should ever decide to print a "study size" score, Finale's "2up" print option nicely shrinks this size to fit on one half of 11x17 page with no extra tweaking. As for the parts, unless you're given specific instructions from the orchestra librarian, I think it's perfectly fine to print on 11x17 booklets. Even better would be 12x18 (standard in the publishing world) if your printer can handle it. As long as the music is extremely legible and free from mistakes, the musicians won't complain about the size of paper (well, they shouldn't). I've purchased the equipment necessary to create the materials in the style that I like. Obviously, this is personal preference, and I would make adjustments if required to do so. The best part is that I don't have to rely on the ...ahem... geniuses at the local national chain of print shops to finish my projects. Ryan __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
