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Binding

Author: Kevin
Date: 2005-10-04 02:05

I'm facing a need to get my printed original music binded for presentation purposes when I submit portfolios. I've been told that Staples and Office Max offer the service? If they do, does anybody have an idea about roughly how much they cost? What about any other specific places in the NYC area?

A brief look on Amazon shows me that there are many binding machines that are being sold in approximately the $100-$200 range. Are they any dependable?

Thanks.

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Re: Binding

Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2005-10-04 03:16

Kevin wrote:

> I'm facing a need to get my printed original music binded for
> presentation purposes when I submit portfolios. I've been told
> that Staples and Office Max offer the service? If they do, does
> anybody have an idea about roughly how much they cost? What
> about any other specific places in the NYC area?

Don't know for sure, but I'll bet you can bind a lot of material for less than the price of the machines ...

If you're in college, check the college library - many provide binding services for a very low cost.

> A brief look on Amazon shows me that there are many binding
> machines that are being sold in approximately the $100-$200
> range. Are they any dependable?

I use comb binders at work ...

A reasonable duty plastic comb binding machine is around $150 (a medium duty machine - small office capability). Anything less is going to have problems punching through 5 or 6 sheets of paper.

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Re: Binding

Author: RodRubber
Date: 2005-10-04 06:24

Kevin -

I have been down that road many times. Staples will get the job done for not very much money. For example, the clarinet quintet i composed was about 35 pages in score form front and back, with a nice card board cover, and a spiral binding. I got about 25 copies made, i believe it was less than 50 bux. I also had about 100 orchestral parts printed at one point for $75 at kinkos on charles street in baltimore. So, you son't want to waste your money buying that machine. If you factor in the print cartridge, the paper, the paper for the cover, etc, you might as well just head over to your local staples or whatever, they will hook you up, and it won't take too long either. Good luck on your composing path. I chose a similar path at one point, but quit so i would have more time to noodle on my clarinet.

Best

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Re: Binding

Author: EEBaum
Date: 2005-10-04 07:21

Dunno how much other places are, but Kinko's is about $5 for a single 8.5x11 binding with covers. If you bind a lot, it adds up really quick.

If you have a place do it, make sure you ask for oversize binding. That is, bind it larger than they normally would. Pages tend to get stuck pretty easily.

-Alex
www.mostlydifferent.com

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Re: Binding

Author: Kevin
Date: 2005-10-04 12:14

Thanks for the responses. Turns out my mom has at her office place a punch-and-wire style binding machine, so if that works decently, problem solved.

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Re: Binding

Author: DavidBlumberg
Date: 2005-10-04 12:59

Double check what the final look will be.

I was sent a music book from a jazz player who was promoting his new work. The book looked really nice, but the binding completely cracked and started to come out after day 1.

I told him about it and he said "ouch, I opted for the higher priced binding too".

It was a glue style binding and didn't work well at all.

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