At 7:43 AM -0500 11/1/12, Robert Patterson wrote: >Eh, what's wrong with 10x13? It is extremely standard in orchestra parts. I >am surprised the site list 11x14 as "second best". 11x14 is awful, because >it does not fit in standard orchestra/band folders. 9x12 is essentially >equally as common as 10x13, so I would say those are the two sizes we >should be talking about.
Not that this should be a deciding factor, but the standard size for band/orchestra folders is given as 9 x 12 (as opposed to choral folders which hold octavos and letter size pages). So 10 x 13 would be kind of tight in the folders, but there's probably enough wiggle room for it to fit. Anything larger will not, and is an invitation to see your parts bent, spindled and mutilated! The objection to 10 x 13 OR to 9 x 12 isn't so much philosophical as practical. You can't buy the paper at any office supply store, and having it special ordered and cut to size increases the expense. (I wonder whether one of the music stores in Bloomington carries 13 x 20 as a matter of course?) john -- John R. Howell, Assoc. Prof. of Music Virginia Tech Department of Music School of Performing Arts & Cinema College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences 290 College Ave., Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0240 Vox (540) 231-8411 Fax (540) 231-5034 (mailto:[email protected]) http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/howell/howell.html "Machen Sie es, wie Sie wollen, machen Sie es nur schön." (Do it as you like, just make it beautiful!) --Johannes Brahms _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
