With the cost of living crisis, there is no surprise that the creative arts are suffering - particularly in the uptake of children learning to play woodwind instruments. Sadly, this has coincided with a time where we are seeing a greater number of young people with mental health issues.
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Making music affordable is the driving force behind us developing our loan to buy instrumental service. Our aim is to provide music tuition and instrumental hire for around £100 per term (e.g Sept - Dec) for primary aged children in and around our local community. This breaks down to around £10 per lesson for tuition and instrumental hire.
Loan to Buy Instrumental Scheme
Our
Rental Package
*subject to availability
**please note: rental scheme is only available alongside our tuition
We currently offer rental packages for:
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Flutes (loan to buy)
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Clarinets (loan to buy)
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Saxophones (loan only)
Our model:​
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- We buy and restore a second-hand woodwind instruments.
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We buy the necessary music accessories in bulk (music stands, music practice books, music book bags, music tuition books).
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You pay to hire these resources at a cost of £20 per term (£16 for eligible PPG children)(£5 per month direct debit/£4 for PPG children)
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If at any time your child wants to stop lessons, you simply return all items to us at no extra cost.
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After 6 terms (2 years), all of these items (including instrument) are yours to keep.
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Should we not have any availability of the instrument you wish to learn, we will work with you to try and arrange rental through Somerset Music.
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Rentals from Somerset Music cost for £36 per term (£21 per term for Pupil Premium children)​
Which Instrument?
Flute Hire
*subject to availability
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For younger children, curved head joints (making the instrument shorter and therefore more accessible) are available to hire through our rental package (subject to availability).
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As your child grows, we will swap it for a normal head joint with the curved head joint being returned​ (no effect to the rental contract length – 6 terms).
Clarinet Hire
*subject to availability
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For younger children, mini clarinets are available to hire through our rental package (subject to availability).
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As your child grows, the mini clarinet is returned to us and replaced with a full-sized clarinet (no effect to the rental contract length – 6 terms).
Saxophone Hire
*subject to availability
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Saxophones are available to loan at a cost of £20 per term (£16 for eligible PPG children)(£5 per month direct debit/£4 for PPG children).
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This instrument can be returned to us when you wish to buy your own and we will help you find an appropriate saxophone.
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Note: this is different to our loan to buy scheme; there is no time limit on the rental but the instrument does not become yours after 2 years rental.​
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For younger children, mini saxohpone are available to hire through our rental package (subject to availability).