Musical Instrument hire form template?

thriftwizard

Mods please relocate as appropriate! I couldn't work out what this should go under.

The situation is that my daughter (21) is learning the harp. Her tutor is going to be away touring soon and has agreed to rent us one of her harps for her to practise on, rather than us have to pay the £50+ pm rental, plus carriage, from a company 100 miles away, and her having to pay to put it into storage while she's away as her accommodation isn't secure. We've ascertained that it will be covered, new for old, under our household insurance, provided that there is a written rental agreement showing that my daughter's responsible for it. But - can we find a template for such an agreement? The only ones we've turned up specifically relating to musical instruments are all for schools music services & not really applicable as we are not a school! And general equipment hire forms seem way too complex.

I've found a relatively simple general one that I would have to pay for but everything on the site it's on stresses that it may not be valid unless you've consulted a lawyer first. So not so cheap after all…

Surely there must be something out there that would fit? What do independent music teachers use? All the ones I know & have asked don't bother & work on trust, but none of their instruments are nearly as expensive as harps. Please can anyone help?

Artytarty

Can the teacher not arrange the rental agreement paperwork?
She has maybe done it before of some of her colleagues may have.

thriftwizard

My daughter's her first adult pupil, Artytarty, so she's never hired one of her harps out before. Normally she recommends hiring a harp from the relevant society, but they don't have any likely to be free for months. And she's not local herself, and not a school-type full-time teacher with colleagues to refer to, but a performing artist who takes on the odd pupil; our experience is with different instruments which you more or less have to buy (secondhand is fine!) in order to be able to play - size definitely matters, with piano-accordions. So we're all finding our way here!

whitewing

Phone the insurance company and ask them what info needs to be included on the rental agreement. If it's a requirement of their cover then they should be able to advise.

Alternatively, draft up an agreement, then phone them and email the draft to them and they can tell you if there is anything to add.

thriftwizard

Thanks, Whitewing; the insurance company suggested looking for a "pro forma" online! They're just used to the ones that schools use...

rachbc

what about asking the society that would normal hire out the harps what agreement they use?