Hi, Finale people, I am getting some large orchestra scores ready for printing, and it has been a long time since I outsourced this and had scores printed and bound by an actual print shop. This was in the 90s and pre-digital, ad I know everything has changed.
For the past few decades I have been writing and printing scores and parts for use in recording sessions, and both traditional legal and letter size paper, and printing in my own studio laser printer for that work. When I have sent scores or parts out for others to print (other performer grips) I have sent out pdfs of my finale files, but they were always the usual 81/2 x 11 (or 14) format, and that was fine for studio work, and, to some degree, for performance. Parts look fine in that format, but scores are better in the larger, wider format. Now I have recently returned to writing (and re-issuing) some larger orchestral works, and "legal"-length paper, which is fine for legal work, is not the best for full orchestra scores. My old, commercially printed scores, vary in size and shape, so I'm not sure what would be best for these new scores. I wold love information for those of you who are in the U.S. and have had scores printed in a larger format. What dimensions do you find best for large or fairly large full orchestra? How do you go about getting them printed and bound. If you have them done by a commercial printer, I would be particularly interested in sources in the New Yokr, L.A., or San Francisco areas. That said, in this digital age, these things can be done anywhere, so any information about the successful procedures done anywhere would be much appreciated. I suppose providing music for download and print, I will have to stick with legal-size paper for scores, but I'd like to have the option of a more usable, readable size and format to make physical scores. Thanks in advance for any advice or information. Linda Worsley Composer/arranger _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
