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I’ve done some experiments using this binding for unbound music scores printed on single leaves of stribg strong paper , with not enough margin to make a either a folded-edge binding, or to be glued/taped into a signature. This is not a good binding for thin, flexible unbound sheets (i.e. normal copier/printer paper) . Although --although two taped together sheets of copier/printer paper seems strong enough. And, yes, this is the simplified version of Coptic single sheet binding. (See, for instance, also Smith’s sewing single sheets instructions, which are very good bindings, but complicated and have a lot more swelling at the spines, for excellent, generally more complicated bindings.) This simplified binding has some swelling at the spine from the stitches double loops of the thread, but not as much as regular Coptic single sheet binding methods; however, we will be using ; so I use lighter weight linen thread to minimize the spine swellit.
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Supplies: 3 curved (recommended) or straight binder needles; light-weight linen binder thread (thinner than pamphlet binding thread), beeswax and card-weight paper or pamphlet board to cut for covers; and glue.
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Pros:
Opens flat for playing music
No gutter for music symbols to disappear within
Pages won’t be lost as easily as unbound sheets of paper
If one thread breaks, the other 2 threads will still keep the score together
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