'The "astonishingly good" demand for musical instruments despite these {imes of financial stringency was remarked on by Mr. George Camp-boll, Edinburgh, who. presided at, the business session of the Scottish Music Merchants' Convention at the Atholl Palace Hotel, Pitlochry. his presidential address he said manufacturers do not make, and ers do not sell, so many pianos Ju pre-war days, but it was a fact that more pianos Were made and sold in Great Britain than in any other country in the world. If the Education authorities would replace many of the worn-out and obsolete instruments found in schools to-day, many more children would be attracted by the piano. Nearly "1,000,000 British. made wireless receiving sets were sold during 1983. Thousands Histeners who hear broadcast programmes were being encouraged to perform. themselves. The increased Sale of sheet music went to prove that. "He said the music industry was SUID im a transition stage, and it was aifeult to say what would emerge {in the future; whether people would want to play instruments, as well as Hsten to them being played; whether the gramophone would come back to former popularity; and how the growing appreciation of music, Jargely brought about through broadcasting, would affect the general outlook, One thing was fairly eer-fain—that wireless programmes would create an increased appreciation of music. The natural tendency of people was not to listen passively, but to desire to perform themselves, and to get more knowledge of what was really worth while, 50 that the best of music and song should continue to be popu ut, so, if the selectors can make weather forecasts, they should be able to' field a verb-well-balanced team.
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