![]() ![]() There are five reasons housing sheet music in a filing cabinet works well: In case you’re wondering, the white plastic file drawers on top of the filing cabinets are household manuals organized by category (such as power tools, appliances, etc.) No photos today of the WHOLE workroom because it’s NOT organized yet. I also have a folding table in the room with my laminator, paper cutter, extra office supplies, and printer paper. Mine are kept in what we call a “workroom” that’s off the back of my studio. I was lucky to inherit some from my husband’s old family business. This is the system I use and love but unfortunately, I’ll admit, they can be expensive. The second way of storing music is to use filing cabinets. They’re a little expensive but after using cardboard ones for years and getting tired of them busting, I splurged for a set of sturdy ones that will last forever! I just bought a set of these really heavy-duty, narrow plastic file folders by mDesign available on Amazon. Perhaps even a combination of both narrow and wide file folders would give you options! If you can find them, consider getting narrow file folders that are 3″ or less rather than the standard 3.5″-4″. Just be careful though because if you don’t have enough of the same category to fill one box, you may end up with books slouching again or mixing categories in one box – making your storage solution even more confusing! The cheapest way to do this would be to use something like these moveable shelf labels.Īnother way would be to buy a bunch of file folders (magazine holders). If this is still the best system for you, however, consider enlisting some extra tools to organize the open shelf space. Second, it can also be hard to see what you have because piano books in general have thin spines. (Yeah, you know what I’m talking about!) Bookends of course help but can also be a pain. First, unless it’s full and packed, the books want to slouch and can get easily bent up. There are two difficulties I always had with storing music books on a shelf. The benefit of using shelving is that it can be easy to access nearby and, compared to filing cabinets, cheaper. I’m going to bet the first way is the most popular. There are really only two formats that I can think of for storing hardcopy repertoire: on shelves or in filing cabinets. Today we’ll look at a couple of different storage solutions for storing music as well as ways of categorizing for ease of use. You’ll also get a peek into my own personal system.Īre you ready to tackle that stash of music? Here we go! Not only that, but we need to be able to locate music quickly and maintain perspective on what we own so we don’t keep buying music we already have. Should we organize by artist, genre, title, or dare I say color? LOL (Sorry, Home Edit, not this time!) There are so many ways! It’s understandable why I mean, who of us doesn’t own too much music?! □ ![]() Organizing music – whether hardcopy or digital – is one of the biggest organizational struggles for many teachers out there. It’s finally time to talk about organizing hardcopy music books! This is a topic I’ve wanted (and I know YOU’VE wanted) me to address for a long time. ![]()
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