▁over ▁from ▁Williams ▁for ▁the ▁next ▁six ▁years ; ▁however , ▁Te ale ' s ▁health ▁meant ▁that ▁the ▁Ass istant ▁General ▁Secretary , ▁Fred ▁D amb man ▁had ▁to ▁step ▁in ▁towards ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁Te ale ' s ▁time ▁with ▁the ▁Union ▁to ▁complete ▁the ▁tasks ▁that ▁Te ale ▁was ▁unable ▁to . ▁ ▁Mus icians ▁had ▁to ▁find ▁ways ▁to ▁adapt ▁as ▁jobs ▁became ▁more ▁varied ▁and ▁they ▁often ▁had ▁to ▁learn ▁new ▁instruments ▁and ▁be ▁flexible ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁keep ▁their ▁employ ment . ▁This ▁was ▁partly ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁start ▁of ▁the ▁British ▁Broadcast ing ▁Company , ▁many ▁mus icians ▁gained ▁employ ment ▁with ▁the ▁organization , ▁and ▁the ▁BBC ▁became ▁the ▁first ▁employ er ▁to ▁offer ▁their ▁mus icians ▁a ▁year - long ▁contract ▁with ▁fixed ▁hours , ▁hol iday ▁allow ance ▁and ▁a ▁sal ary . ▁The ▁BBC ▁had ▁a ▁significant ▁number ▁of ▁orch est ras , ▁these ▁were ▁broken ▁down ▁either ▁by ▁their ▁location , ▁or ▁their ▁style ▁and ▁were ▁highly ▁cov et ed ▁positions ▁in ▁the ▁music ▁industry . ▁ ▁The ▁rise ▁of ▁the ▁' t alk ies ' ▁ ▁The ▁transition ▁from ▁silent ▁films ▁to ▁' t alk ies ' ▁meant ▁that ▁cin emas ▁employed ▁fewer ▁mus icians ▁as ▁cin emas ▁as ▁sound ▁was ▁now ▁pre - record ed . ▁The ▁Jazz ▁S inger ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁of ▁the ▁talk ies , ▁and ▁was ▁first ▁screen ed ▁in ▁the ▁USA ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 7 ; ▁by ▁ 1 9 2 9