Klarinet Archive - Posting 000532.txt from 2000/04

From: "Karl Krelove" <kkrelove@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Doubling/union rules
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 19:47:02 -0400

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Bush [mailto:rbushidioglot@-----.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 12:58 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Doubling/union rules
>
>
> One of the big distinctions between amateur pits and professional or
> semi-professional pits is giving doubling fees. Most unions (USA)
> require 20%
> over base pay for the first double (second instrument). The
> second double (third
> horn) gives the player 15% more of base pay. All additional
> doubles pay the
> player 10% per horn. If a woodwind player plays five instruments,
> they receive
> base plus 20, plus 15, plus 10, plus 10 (base plus 55% of base pay). Bass
> saxophone is usually considered an instrument of cartage, just
> like the harpist
> or a percussionist who must bring in a ton of stuff.
>

Unfortunately, this is established by individual locals and is not
consistently true. I'm a member of two locals, one based in Philadelphia and
one in a nearby smaller city across the state border. The big city's
doubling scale is quite generous - 50% extra regardless of the number of
instruments. The other local has no doubling fees at all. You're at the
mercy of the jobber (or you just turn the work down).

Karl Krelove

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