My client can have whatever she wants. I just wish she would *say* what she wants when she proofs things the first or second or third time.
Here is how I handle this: I tell my clients that they will have two correction runs for the price (I usually make a price per source ie manuscript page). The first correction run they can change things within limits (although that doesn't include adding measures, since this screws up a lot of work), the second correction run is only for errors (the odd wrong note, a missing accidental, things like that) and layout problems (page turns etc).
After that I charge. I make that very clear from the beginning. Naturally when just tiny things pop up after the second run I am very happy to just do them for nothing, making the client happy.
I had to adopt a very strict system like this because one of my clients bombarded me regularly with such major changes after the fifth correction run that I was not making enough money. He decided that this is the only way he can work, so now he pays me (I do this approximately by the hour, with some guidelines, ie there is a fixed price for adding measures). This way I can then give him reductions when things go more smoothly than anticipated and he is happy.
Johannes -- http://www.musikmanufaktur.com http://www.camerata-berolinensis.de
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