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We have done some experiments using this binding for unbound music scores printed on single leaves of paper, that don’t have enough left margin to make a either a folded-edge binding, or to be glued/taped into a signature. Not a good binding for thin, flexible sheets (i.e. normal copier/printer paper) sheets. (Although two taped together sheets of copier/printer paper seems heavy enough.)
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Supplies: 3 curved or straight binder needles
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Binding thread
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; binder thread, card-weight paper or pamphlet board.
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Pros:
Opens flat for playing music
No gutter for music to disappear within
Pages won’t be lost as easily as unbound sheets of paper
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Swelling at the spine can cause damage, if unprotected
Unsupported sewing, with untested durability (spine protection should help)Complicated
Three needles of thread are easily tangled
And a tad complicated to learn
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1-Covers should be the same size as the score pages, since the binding is unsupported. The pages will need to rest on the shelf along with the cover boards.
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