But a regional orchestra musician gets paid 35,000, the same as a bus driver.

After the 1920s he rarely performed in jazz settings, spending more time as a studio and orchestra musician.

Besides his work as an orchestra musician, he has established himself in the concert business as a soloist for the mallet instruments marimba, vibraphone and xylophone since the 1980s.

The orchestra musicians took an additional pay cut for the 2003-2004 season.

As talking pictures emerged, with their prerecorded musical tracks, an increasing number of moviehouse orchestra musicians found themselves out of work.