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The base pay of a New York Philharmonic musician is now $103,000. According to 2003 tax records, Glenn Dicterow, the New York Philharmonic concertmaster, was making $366,000; Carter Brey, the principal cellist, $255,000; Philip Smith, the principal trumpeter, $243,000; Philip Myers, the principal hornist, $227,000; and Cynthia Phelps, the principal violist, $216,000. The have-nots in this scheme are primarily section string players, who have to pay for instruments costing significantly more than woodwinds or brasses — often in five or six figures. |