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The 83 musicians of the Utah Symphony ended their 27-day strike against orchestra management Tuesday night, but a spokesman said their new three-year contract “is not a satisfactory one. It is a tremendous compromise on our part.” Added the spokesman, John Thompson: “The Utah Symphony musicians will not be catching up to comparable major orchestras.” The new contract calls for an average 1.9% pay increase in the first year, followed by hikes of 3% and 7.4% in the second and third years. The musicians’ guaranteed minimum wage for the 1990-91 season will be $31,629. The walkout forced cancellation of one benefit concert, a chamber music concert and the first major concert of the 1988-89 season. After the first two cancellations, symphony officials said the strike had cost $150,000 in lost revenues.