Bertina Mitchell, Harpist

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  I should have read your review first!  Same experience.  This woman is dishonest and shameful.  She wrote on her contract with me that she "waived" her deposit, but asked me to pay half ($750) for upcoming services in June 2010.  I gave her $350 on November 29, then was forced to cancel the wedding plans 30 days later.  I notified her - she has SIX MONTHS to reschedule the most popular wedding month if not weekend in June! - and she refused to give me ANY of my money back!!!  Do NOT give this woman your business!

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  Posted on 01.16.13 Patti C.

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  We hired Bertina for our wedding in July. She was great and professional. We met with her at her studio to review music for our ceremony. She suggested music and we went with most of her suggestions. As a bride it was hard to tell what she actually played because I was the last to walk in. I didn't not hear any complaints. She arrived on time and looked very angelic. She was very professional. Although I must say Her prices are pretty steep for the one hour we hired her.

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  Posted on 09.28.10 MiSa S.

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  Bertina Mitchell is a beautiful harpist, both in spirit and in music.  Her classical training from one of the finest music schools, Indiana University, is clearly evident as she plays with great virtuosity.   Her professionalism at my wedding was greatly appreciated, as she was punctual, beautifully dressed, and played perfectly.  We were thrilled with Bertina in every way!

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  Posted on 09.22.10 Charlotte D.

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  I've used Bertina for several events and have found her to be professional in every way, not to mention a brilliant musician.  European trained and with an enormous repetoire, Bertina played ambient music for everything from an art opening to a fund raiser dinner and a cocktail party held at my home.
  Everyone loved her music as well as her lovely manner.
  I would definitely recommend using her for your special event.

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  Posted on 09.19.10 Stefani P.

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  I feel compelled to warn other prospective clients to avoid Bertina Mitchell at all costs. After contracting with Bertina to perform at our wedding on August 1, 2010 we read the negative Yelp reviews about Bertina. We confronted her and she promised that she would personally be appearing at the wedding. Two weeks before the wedding she confirmed her appearance and we paid her the balance of the $500 contract. Then, just three days before the wedding, we emailed Bertina to discuss the music. Only then did she inform us that she would not be playing at the wedding and that she had arranged for another harpist to appear. We later learned that Bertina only paid the substitute harpist $320. After reading the other reviews I am convinced that Bertina is running a scam and never had any intention of performing at our wedding. Last week we were contacted by another couple that had hired Bertina for a wedding to occur on the same day as our wedding. She pulled the same scam on them. They paid $500 dollars and the substitute was also only paid $320. All I can say is DO NOT hire Betrina Mitchell.

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  Posted on 08.24.10 Mark B.

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  I normally don't like to write bad reviews but in this situation I would be remiss not to. We read these bad reviews of Bertina on Yelp but because we were referred to her by our wedding venue and liked her music samples we decided to give her the benefit of doubt thinking maybe these were old reviews. We were badly mistaken. She is a very dishonest person. We visited her in her studio one month before our wedding to plan our music. She seemed nice enough and we liked her music suggestions. She told us she would be traveling to Hungary to visit family but not to worry she would be back in time for our wedding. We paid her all the fees in advance. We got married this past Sat. only to find out that she sent a substitute! She did not bother to inform us that she would be doing that and the substitute told us she was still in Hungary. We paid her $500 but she told that substitute that the service was $320, so she profited from not even being there. Please take the advice of all of these reviews and do not hire this person! You will definitely get scammed!

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  Posted on 08.09.10 Carrie L.

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  If I could give Bertina no star, I would!!! I saw her at a wedding show, and decided to check her out to play for my wedding ceremony. My initial appointment with her was lovely, she played samples of the songs I was interested in and even gave me some good suggestions of other songs. The problem I had with her did not start until I made my final payment about a month before the wedding. After the final payment was made, she stopped responding to any of my emails. The worst thing was, she did not even come  to play at my wedding, she sent someone else without even informing me. If I am paying someone a good amount of money to come play for an hour at my wedding, AND paying for  their travel expenses, I would expect them to show up, or at least let me know if they are sending someone else. The person she sent was obviously not as experienced (it was probably one of her students). I got married outdoors next to a cliff. With the direction the wind is blowing, a professional musician should know to situate in a section where the  wind will carry the music to the audience. Instead this dumb lady sat right next to the alter and nobody past the 2nd role can hear any music. I basically walked down the aisle without any music. I would not suggest anybody to ever work with this lady. She basically ruined the one moment that I have been looking forward to my whole life!!

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  Posted on 09.28.08 Yan S.

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