“Management is trying to squeeze us to pay their bond debt for a rehab of Symphony Center costing more than $100 million,” said CSO principal percussionist Cynthia Yeh in a statement. “We know that when people refer to the CSO they mean the musicians, our Maestro Riccardo Muti and the music — not the building (completed in 1997), however lovely it is. And it is this, the music and musicians, the heart of the CSO, that we are willing to strike to protect.”