Fritz Reuter & Sons, Inc.

Violin Makers & Dealers *Consultant e Expert Appraiser
3917 W. Touhy Ave., Lincolnwood/Chicago,  IL 60712-1027, USA     Phone 847-677-7255

THREE MONTH STRINGED INSTRUMENT RENTAL AGREEMENT

MARK THE INSTRUMENT OUTFIT YOU WOULD LIKE TO RENT

Instrument & Size

Rental

Insurance

Rental & Insurance

Violins: 1/16,1/10,1/8

$30.00 rental

$10.00 insurance

$40.00 for three months

Violins: 1/4,1/2,3/4

$40.00 rental

$10.00 insurance

$50.00 for three months

Violins: 7/8,4/4

$65.00 rental

$15.00 insurance

$80.00 for three months

Violas: Junior, Intermediate

$45.00 rental

$10.00 insurance

$55.00 for three months

Violas: 15", 15 1/2", 16", 16 1/2"

$75.00 rental

$15.00 insurance

$90.00 for three months

Cellos: 1/10,1/8

$50.00 rental

$15.00 insurance

$65.00 for three months

Cellos: 1/4,1/2, 3/4

$60.00 rental

$20.00 insurance

$80.00 for three months

Cellos: 7/8,4/4

$100.00 rental

$20.00 insurance

$120.00 for three months

Come, visit our Web-site on the Internet:
http://www.fritz-reuter.com
Read Reuter's Consumer Report:  "How to Buy a Violin (Viola, Cello, Bass)"

TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Ownership: During the rental period, the Instrument Outfit remains the property of Fritz Reuter & Sons, Inc.*
Rental Period: Instrument Outfits may be rented for a minimum period of three months. No rebates will be given on Instrument Outfits returned before the rental period is completed. The rental period begins on the date indicated on the invoice, and ends three (3) calendar months thereafter.
Payments: Rentals are billed in three-month increments. The first payment is due upon receipt of the Rental Outfit. This initial payment may either be made by cash, check, or money order - or it may be charged to a major credit card (Visa, Master Card, American Express, Discover Card). Subsequent payments are due at the beginning of each rental period.
  Unless in receipt of advance notice to the contrary, Fritz Reuter & Sons, Inc. assumes that the customer intends to continue renting. As part of the rental agreement, Reuter & Sons therefore reserves the right to charge the full three­month fee to the customer's major credit card if the Instrument Outfit has not been returned, or payment received, within ten (10) days following contract expiration.
  There is a $20.00 fee for any check or charge being returned to us or denied for any reason.
Repair Service: Except for repairs necessitated by willful damage and/or careless handling, Fritz Reuter & Sons, Inc., will provide - at no charge - all essential adjustments, repairs and the replacement of broken strings. Those repairs for which the customer is liable will, however, be billed at special reduced rates.
Insurance: If lost due to fire or theft, the Rental Outfit will be replaced by Fritz Reuter & Sons at no cost to the rental customer.
Conversion: At any time during the rental period, the Instrument Outfit can be upgraded to a larger size or exchanged for a different type of stringed instrument. If the total rental fee attending this change should be lower or higher than previously contracted, the new fee will be reflected in the invoice for the next billing period.
Past Due
Accounts: 		A late charge of $10.00 per month will be charged on all accounts that are thirty days or more past due. On any account ninety (90) or more days past due, the customer is automatically liable for the TOTAL rental balance and TOTAL retail cost of the Rental Outfit. In addition, the customer is also liable for all reasonable legal fees and costs incurred in collecting the rental balance and retail cost, as well as for the cost of repairing any damage to the Instrument Outfit.

RENTAL CREDIT ACCOUNT

The remarkable and unique feature of our rental program is the special way it functions. It is much like a savings account. The rental fees you pay are not "lost money." Rather, to a significant limit, they accumulate as rental credits - which means that they are actually an investment, which may be used, in the outright purchase of a stringed instrument outfit.

Here is how it works. Except for the first three months' payment, the full rental fee is posted to your rental credit account. Your "savings" are accumulating, and therefore appear on your quarterly invoice as a steady-growing rental credit. The longer your rental history, the larger the credit you have earned.

And as much as the full, 100% rental credit can be applied to your purchase of any stringed instrument outfit in our shop - up to 50% of the retail price. Thus, for example, a $1,000 rental credit may be applied in full to the purchase of a $2,000 instrument. Or $750 of the same credit may be applied against the purchase of a $1,500 instrument - with the $250 credit balance remaining in your control should you wish to make another purchase in the future.

Certain limitations do apply, however. Whether you purchase, or simply return your rental outfit to Reuter & Sons, the rental credit - all of it, if you make no purchase at the moment; the balance, if an elected purchase uses only part of your account's funds - remains at your disposal for up to five full years after you have stopped renting.

Without boasting, we would like to point out that this is an eminently fair policy and - as we have said - a policy unique to our shop. IT MAKES FRITZ REUTER & SONS A DECIDEDLY ATTRACTIVE PLACE TO DO BUSINESS! Moreover, we warrant that NO third party will receive a kick-back, bribe, commission, finder's fee, or any remuneration vis-a-vis fees or on the subsequent purchase price of merchandise or repair services.

*AS PROFESSIONAL VIOLIN MAKERS AND DEALERS, INDIVIDUALS OF OUR FIRM MAINTAIN MEMBERSHIP IN THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS:

CO-FOUNDER AMERICAN FEDERATION OF VIOLIN AND BOW MAKERS, NEW YORK, NY, USA/ SINCE 1980
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF VIOLIN AND BOW MAKERS, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND/ SINCE 1971
GERMAN ASSOCIATION OF MASTER V10LIN MAKERS, STUTTGART, GERMANY/ SINCE 1963
ALUMNI GEIGENBAUSCHULE, MITTENWALD/GERMANY CLASSES OF 1951, 1978 and1984
APPRAISERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC., NEW YORK, NY, USA/ SINCE 1991
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF APPRAISERS, LTD., SEATTLE, WA, USA/ SINCE 1984
STRING INDUSTRY COUNCIL (ASTA)

FOUNDED 1922 THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS