Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2021-09-19 18:47
rmk54 wrote:
> Yes.
>
> In the orchestra I retired from, the contractual lower limit
> was 68 degrees (F).
>
Given that most of us in the group don't have plastic instruments available, using a temperature-proof clarinet, oboe or bassoon isn't an option. This isn't a parade, and the group doesn't play outdoor concerts in October on a regular basis, hence the hesitancy. This isn't a question of players' accepting outdoor concerts in cold weather as a part of being in the group.
> Interestingly, there was no upper limit. I remember several
> rehearsals at the summer venue when the temperature was close
> to 100 degrees (and humd!).
One union orchestra I play in has a CBA. It limits temperatures for indoor concerts or rehearsals to 68-80 degrees and for outdoors prohibits being required to play in "direct sunlight, precipitation, or high winds strong enough to topple music stands [because of the danger of damaging instruments]."
I'm a little surprised that rmk54 is the only player so far who has cited a limit of any kind, formal or not.
Karl
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