The Philadelphia orchestra and its musicians appear to be very far apart in their negotiations for a new contract. Under the orchestra’s latest proposal, “Philadelphia players would not achieve their goal of keeping pace with colleagues in the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Philadelphia players are making a minimum of $105,040 in the contract about to end, while the Boston musicians’ minimum salary will reach $108,160 in the season about to start, and $112,840 in 2005-06.”