# Instrument fee (musical instrument expenses, instrument salary; music school fee)

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## Definition

Expenses incurred by an ensemble for the purchase and maintenance of musical instruments. - The cost of transporting and insuring musical instruments when an orchestra performs off-site and goes on tour. - Collectively agreed payment to members of an orchestra who use their own instruments, such as string money and reed money. According to the case law of the highest courts in Germany, instrument money in this sense counts as social security contribution pay. - Amount collected by a music school from course participants - for the use of instruments provided by the school, - sometimes also in a broader sense related to the school's approved disbursements for musical lessons, such as sheet music and copies; instrument money is usually not included in tuition. Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr. Gerhard Merk, Dipl.rer.pol., Dipl.rer.oec. Professor Dr. Eckehard Krah, Dipl.rer.pol. E-mail address: info@ekrah.com https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Ernst_Merk https://www.jung-stilling-gesellschaft.de/merk/ https://www.gerhardmerk.de/

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