Music Service library charges: April 2024

To be reviewed in April 2025

Sheet music hire
Band/Orchestral sets	List price	List -50%	List +20%
Short: under 10 minutes	£21.50	£10.75	£25.80
Medium: 11 to 30 minutes	£23.70	£11.85	£28.45
Longer: 31 to 45 minutes	£25.80	£12.90	£30.95
Longest: over 45 minutes	£28	£14	£33.60
Choral sets	£21.50	£10.75	£25.80
Percussion sets	£16.15	£8	£19.40

Missing parts

Scores at cost, parts £10 each towards admin costs; customer may instead agree to replace parts within 1 month of loss.

Loans & charging policy

Customers are invoiced on return of music, including charges for any missing parts. Charges are levied for each full month hired, and any additional period of 10 days or less will not be charged for. Music taken on approval will not be charged for if returned unused within 10 days.

Loan and charging prices
Customers	Price schedule & terms
Inspiring Music ensembles Music Centres & associated teachers	Free Max period 2 terms Max 15 at once
Private/independent schools outside Central Bedfordshire	List +20% Max 10 at once
Private/ independent schools within Central Bedfordshire	List price Max 10 at once
LA schools in neighbouring authorities (Bedford Borough, MK – Bucks, Luton, Herts, Cambridge, Northants)	List -50% Max 10 at once
Youth groups in Central Bedfordshire not run by Inspiring Music	5/term free then £5/term, or £100 pa (unlimited) Max 10 at once
Semi-pro/pro groups in Central Bedfordshire Adult Community groups in Central Bedfordshire not run by Inspiring Music	List price Max 10 at once
Community/semi-pro/pro groups outside Central Bedfordshire	List +20% Max 15 at once
Other local authority music services	List +20% Max 15 at once
Bedfordshire Music Trust	Free