Originally Posted by Gardener

Piano isn't too bad if you're willing to give lessons. There may be a million of other pianists, but there are also millions of students. And you can always pair it with stuff like correpetition/accompaniment. Or even get a minor organist job in a small church, if you can play the organ a bit, which often isn't paid too badly. (Of course never so well as if you were an actual organist.)

If you want to get into a good orchestra, you need to be excellent, no matter what your instrument is. And orchestra life isn't always just fun.