The Philadelphia Orchestra’s negotiations over a new musicians’ contract is contentious. Management wants to cut costs: “Among the options on the table is slashing the minimum salary for musicians by 10 percent, to about $95,000. Another is reducing the orchestra’s size by 10 percent.” The orcehstra also wants to do away with practices such as “paying players 701/2 and older both their $100,000-plus salaries and their $50,000-plus pensions. Management says there are 13 players in that category.”