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Re: Celebrated Method for Clarinet

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2018-05-17 23:55

Do you mean the H. Klosé Celebrated Method? I don't have any idea of the quality of the bindings these days, but I still use my paperback copy of volume 2, which I've owned since around 1962. The pages are yellowing and the cover is torn, but it still holds together.

My experience is that the holes in spiral bindings tend to tear and the individual pages start to come out. Also the spiral itself starts to work out of the top holes and sometimes the ends become bent. My copy of the Bonade excerpts, which is spiral-bound, has deteriorated considerably in this way. Also the spiral spine is wider than the book, which can make it harder to store neatly.

My copy is actually sewn. Each folio is stitched and then the paper cover is glued over the individual sewn folios. If the paperback binding is done well, my experience is that it's much more durable. On the other hand, if they've gone too cheap with the glue or the whole binding depends on glue without any stitching (like cheap paperback "trade" books), pages can start falling out.

If you buy the paperback edition and it does start to come apart, you can always punch your own holes and put it in a loose-leaf binder, or go to an office supply store and have them put a spiral spine on it. If you want to bind anything else, you can buy your own machine to punch the holes and insert the spine.

Karl

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