Brent Music Service - Brent Young Musician of the Year 2008

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				Hiring An Instrument It's never easy knowing whether the instrument you've chosen to learn is going to be just the type that will suit you. On top of this, instruments can sometimes be costly (please refer to the 'Which Instrument To Play' section for more details on expected instrument purchase costs). However, Brent Music Service never wants a budding musician to miss out on the chance of learning an instrument. So, for this reason they have devised a special Instrument Hire Scheme. Instrument Hire Scheme - A Cost-Conscious Solution The Instrument Hire Scheme enables students who are taking tuition from Brent Music Service or are members of the many BMS Music Ensembles to have access to a wide range of instruments of an appropriate manufacturing quality and in good repair. The instruments can be hired on a termly basis at an affordable cost and at a fraction of the price of purchasing a brand new instrument. The Benefits The Instrument Hire Scheme enables the student to take the instrument home for practise and look after it as if it were their own. Not only does this mean they are given the same opportunities to improve and develop their playing as a child who owns their own instrument, it also helps to give them the responsibility of looking after the instrument properly. How The Scheme Works Securing Tuition First you need to approach your school to ensure they have secured and have available the tuition services of Brent Music Service for your chosen instrument. Once your school agrees that you can learn your chosen instrument, lessons will be organised for you. When to Hire an Instrument If you are learning an instrument in the Autumn term of a new academic year the instruments are not delivered until just before the half-term. For the few weeks leading up to their arrival you will be taught how to: Look after your instrument Get the instrument out of its case and put it away safely Put your instrument together/set it up The first few lessons will also include basic playing skills for your chosen instrument. As you will be using an instrument at school, there is no need to hire or purchase an instrument at this point. Our BMS tutor will also use this time to assess whether your chosen instrument is physically and musically suited to you. At this point a Hire/Agreement form can be supplied for completion and return with the appropriate payment to the Brent Music Service office. If you are learning an instrument outside the Autumn term you are able to apply to hire an instrument as soon as your tuition from a BMS Tutor has been confirmed by your school. At this point a Hire/Agreement form can be supplied for completion and return with the appropriate payment to the Brent Music Service office. Hire Costs Instruments are subject to availability and you will be informed of any issues at the time of submitting your Hire/Agreement form. The current cost of hiring an instrument is: £25.00 per term (£12.50 for Autumn Term Hire) £5.00 if your child is receiving free school meals. (Please note that at present we are unable to process payments made by Debit/Credit cards.) For continuity of hire, you will be invoiced for each subsequent term of hire. However, if you discontinue your lessons with your BMS Tutor, you will need to inform the Brent Music Service office as soon as possible so we can arrange the safe collection of your instrument. If notification is not received, we will have to invoice for the instrument's hire even if it is no longer being used. Instrument Allocation and Use As instruments are limited, they are allocated according to the date the Instrument Hire/Agreement form is received at the Brent Music Service office. Once all the paperwork has been completed and the instruments are available, you will receive your instrument through your school. Please note that instruments can not be collected from the Brent Music Service offices. Once you receive your hired instrument, it is yours to use for home practise, to bring to school for use in your lessons with your BMS Tutor and to use at any of the BMS Music Ensembles you may join. But please remember, whilst it is being hired it remains the property of BMS throughout the duration of the hire agreement. All BMS hire instruments are provided with reeds, strings, resin, mouthpieces and valve oil, as appropriate. If replacements are needed, these can be purchased through your BMS Tutor or by visiting one of the music shops local to the London borough of Brent. *[Download a Local Supplier List]. Looking After Your Instrument* It becomes the dual responsibility of the student and their parent/guardian to ensure that the instrument is cared for and appropriately protected from damage or accident. As the Instrument Hire/Agreement entrusts the instrument to the student and their parent/guardian, any problems you may encounter need to be reported immediately so that professional repairs can be carried out if necessary. As a matter of course, Brent Music Service will carry out routine instrument repairs incurred by wear and tear either on-site or by sending the instrument to a professional repairer. Whenever possible, a replacement instrument may be offered for the duration of the repair, subject to availability. However, please be aware that if an instrument has been damaged due to negligence or is lost or stolen, a charge will be made for its repair or replacement. The repair service is only available for BMS hired instruments. Purchasing An Instrument After an appropriate period of time of hiring, or if your circumstances enable you to start off with your own instrument, it may be suggested that an instrument purchase would be more cost-effective for you. Brent Music Service does not sell instruments and so you are free to purchase your instrument from whichever supplier you wish. A list of local music shops can be downloaded by *[clicking here], whilst it may be of interest to note that Brent Music Service has built up a reliable business relationship with Normans Musical Instruments as their preferred supplier. Normans Musical Instruments - The Preferred Supplier of Brent Music Service and Brent Council* Brent Music Service can recommend Normans Musical Instruments as the preferred supplier of musical instruments, based on their value for money, quality of instruments and level of service. Further details about purchasing an instrument from Normans can be obtained from their website at www.normans.co.uk, or by contacting them direct on freefone 08000 281 415.