World Report: November 3, 2006 Vol. #12 Iss. #9

Musical Instruments

Strike up the band! Americans buy more musical instruments than anyone else in the world. Here are the top sellers for 2005.

1.Fretted Instruments
(guitars, banjos, etc.) $1.4 billion

2 Pianos
(including electronic keyboards) $1.1 billion

3 Percussion
(drums, etc.) $572.6 million

4 Wind instruments
(horns, flutes, oboes, etc.) $ 470.3 million

5 Stringed instruments
(violins, cellos, etc.) $ 68.4 million

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUSIC MERCHANTS