Description of Industries and Summary of Findings

INDUSTRY 3931, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

This industry is made up of establishments primarily engaged in
manufacturing pianos, with or without player attachments; organs; other
musical instruments; and parts and accessories for musical instruments.
The 1992 definition of this industry is the same as that used in the 1987
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system. The SIC number and title
also are the same.

In the 1992 Census of Manufactures, Industry 3931, Musical Instruments, had
employment of 12.2 thousand. The employment figure was unchanged from 1987.

The leading States in employment in 1992 were California, Indiana,
Pennsylvania, and New York, accounting for approximately 49 percent of the
industry's employment. This represents a shift from 1987 when Indiana, New
York, California, and Mississippi were the leading States.

The total value of shipments for establishments classified in this industry
was $981.3 million.

Establishments in virtually all industries ship secondary products as well
as products primary to the industry in which they are classified and have
some miscellaneous receipts, such as resales and contract receipts.
Industry 3931 shipped $878.9 million of musical instruments and parts
considered primary to the industry, $42.3 million of secondary products,
and had $60.1 million of miscellaneous receipts, resales, and contract
work. Thus, the ratio of primary products to the total of both secondary
and primary products shipped by establishments in this industry was 95
percent (specialization ratio). In 1987, the specialization ratio was 97
percent.

Establishments in this industry also accounted for 98 percent of products
considered primary to the industry no matter where they were actually
produced (coverage ratio). In 1987, the coverage ratio also was 98 percent.

The products primary to industry 3931, no matter in what industry they were
produced, appear in file MC92F6A and aggregate to $900.8 million. For
further explanation of specialization and coverage ratios, see file MC92F5B
and the appendixes.

The total cost of materials, services, and fuels and energy used by
establishments classified in the musical instruments industry amounted to
$405.7 million. Data on specific materials consumed appear in file MC92F7.

Single-establishment companies in this industry with less than 5 employees
were excluded from the mail portion of the census. The data for these
establishments (and a small number of larger establishments whose reports
were not received at the time the data were tabulated) were obtained from
administrative records of other agencies or developed from industry
averages. These establishments accounted for 8 percent of the total value
of shipments.