2024
Music Engraving/Copying Fees
Hourly/Bench Rate
*Inclusive of all regular base services (e.g. digital entry from manuscript, content editing/specific notations, forma=ng/layout, general cleaning/detail work, extracting/consolidating parts, cueing, generating performance notes/front matter).
| Task | Rate |
| Music Engraving/Copying | $57.67 |
Page Rates
*A page is here understood as a literal full page of music, not Hollywood/Broadway jargon for e.g. “4 bars of an orchestral score” / “40 bars of an instrumental part.” N.B. that page rates will not apply in the case of complex notations and/or a high concentration of graphics (e.g. certain strains of contemporary classical music, aleatoric notations, Schenkerian analysis, textbook excerpts)
| Paper Size | Unit Cost |
| Octavo / 6.875 X 10.5” (choral score) | $15.81 |
| 9 X 12” part | $9.92 |
| 9.5 X 12.5” part | $10.85 |
| 10 X 13” / B4 part | $11.77 |
| 11 X 14” score | $34.43 |
| 11 X 17” / A3 score | $47.44 |
Frame Rates
*A frame is here understood to mean a measure of music which is not empty. Multiple voices in the same measure count as additional frames. For extracting parts, double the price of the score or employ additional page rates.
| Frame Type | Unit Cost |
| Music (per voice) | $0.42 |
| Lyrics (per layer) | $0.16 |
| Text (each) | $0.16 |
| Chord Names (per layer) | $0.12 |
| Graphics (each) | $0.25 |
Music Printing & Binding Fees
*Presuming highest grade product = high-resolution laser prints, 60-70 lb. ivory or cream stock, card stock covers, spiral-bound scores, parts saddle-stitched or artist/console tape. Properly folded, pagination double- and triple- checked, properly catalogued/sorted.
Hourly/Bench Rate
| Task | Rate |
| Printing & Binding | $52.82 (+materials) |
Page Rates
| Paper Size | Unit Cost |
| Octavo / 6.875 X 10.5” | $0.65 |
| 9 X 12” | $0.77 |
| 9.5 X 12.5” | $0.81 |
| 10 X 13” / B4 | $0.85 |
| 11 X 14” | $0.96 |
| 11 X 17 / A3 | $0.96 |
Additional Services
*Transcription (“takedown” in some circles) is here understood to mean music transcription (“lifting”) from audio sources, generally directly into a scorewriting software (e.g. Finale, Sibelius, Dorico)
| Type | Rate |
| Proofreading | $56.49 |
| Transcription from Audio | $65.22 |
| Piano Reduction for Rehearsal | $59.92 |
| MIDI Import Cleanup | $62.64 |
| On-Site Librarian Services | $54.80 (or union min.) |
| Private Lessons / General Consulting | $73.49 |
