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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 28.
Published in final edited form as: Occup Med (Lond). 2011 Oct 14;61(8):549–555. doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqr129

Table 1.

Response rates by orchestra and instrument type

Orchestra N (studied /
approached)		 % response Instrument N
(participants)		 % of all
respondents*
A 58/86 67 Strings 151 62
B 42/94 45 Wind 36 15
C 38/82 46 Brass 39 16
D 29/83 35 Other 17 7
E 36/52 65
F 40/81 49
ALL 243/478 51 243 100
*

A full symphony orchestra comprises a complement of 91 musicians, among whom 66% are string players, 13% are wind players, 14% are brass players and 7% play other instrument types