Soaring instrument prices could stop the music at many schools
Rising costs for musical instruments, driven by pandemic-era supply chain issues and recent tariffs, are threatening music programs in many schools.
Pandemic-era supply chain snarls lifted prices for goods across the board. President Trump’s tariffs further swelled the cost of foreign-made instruments.
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