Instruments and used musical instruments are now a $9.2 billion industry, up 6.7 percent from a year ago, according to a report from the U.S. Census Bureau.
The report said that of the estimated $8.2 trillion in global musical instruments and musical instruments used in 2015, instrument sales accounted for about a third of all new products and services.
The bureau said the industry has grown by $4.3 billion in the past year and employs about 8.5 million people in the U, and the Us exports about $3.3 trillion worth of musical instruments.