Pierre Bailleul wrote, on 2/7/2008 6:27 AM:
I'm engraving an atonal music score and It's hard to give a page price to my
publisher.
Others have given you the plugin info on counting items.
In my experience doing new music, the only way to go is hourly. I have
done by page, by item, and by time -- with anything new, it's the time
that matters most. For those who insist on per-item and per page, I have
a scale that accommodates that time.
The last score that I did a few weeks ago was only 22 pages but took 87
hours for score and parts. That's more than two work-weeks of
professional services, at an average two hours per score and part page.
And that was just to get the score 'off the ground' in time for rehearsals.
The item count was relatively nothing -- about 9,400 in all. Unless you
charge a high item price, you end up with little cash for working very
hard in Finale.
(Contact me privately if you'd like to know my fees.)
Best to you,
Dennis
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