Instrument Loans and Rentals
The instrument collection of The Peabody Institute includes a wide variety of standard orchestral string and wind instruments, as well as auxiliary and specialty instruments which many students may be called upon to play as part of their ensemble assignments. This collection is curated by Linda Goodwin, and it is administered by the Ensemble Office in support of Peabody ensembles and music education classes. The Peabody Institute does not loan or lease instruments to the general public. All students borrowing or leasing Peabody instruments for class, lesson, or ensemble use must follow the procedures outlined below.
Rental Fees
For most instruments the rental fee is $150 per semester. Rental of a bow only is $100 per semester. Rental of a string instrument with a bow is $200 per semester. Some especially valuable or recently rebuilt instruments may have a rental fee of $250 per semester, and these instruments are only made available to majors who are performing in large ensembles.
Payment of rental fees must be made in the Ensemble Office by cash or check at the time the instrument is borrowed. We do not accept credit cards in the Ensemble Office, and you may not pay an instrument rental fee in the Business Office.
Summer rentals may be made only if a student is pre-registered for the following fall semester, and the fees are the same as for one semester. Woodwind instruments may only be rented for the summer after the instruments have been returned from their annual maintenance. There is no specific date when woodwind instruments will be available for summer rentals, so rental fees are generally prorated depending upon when the instrument is actually made available.
Rental fees are waived for students who need to borrow an instrument for music education classes, and for students assigned to play an auxiliary instrument which they do not personally own, during the school year.
