4904.00.00.40 - Other 🖩

This HTS category, 4904.00.00.40, encompasses printed or manuscript music that does not fit into the more specific sibling category. It covers a broad range of musical scores, including those that are bound, illustrated, or otherwise presented beyond simple folded sheets. This would include items like songbooks, opera scores, orchestral arrangements, and collected works of composers, provided they are primarily musical compositions.

Crucially, this category is distinguished from 4904.00.00.20, which is reserved for sheet music that is merely stapled or folded and not otherwise bound. Therefore, if a musical score is bound using methods such as stitching, gluing, or casing, it would fall under this "Other" classification rather than the more restrictive sheet music designation. The presence of illustrations or extensive textual content alongside the musical notation does not preclude classification here, as long as the primary purpose remains the presentation of musical works.

As this is a leaf node within the HTS, there are no further subcategories. Classification decisions at this level will hinge on whether the item is clearly identifiable as printed or manuscript music and whether it is bound or presented in a manner exceeding the limitations of the preceding sibling category. The core criterion is the nature of the content as musical notation and its physical presentation.