Many of the players ' instruments were lost in an air-raid in the LOCATION@1 in May NUMBER@1 , and an appeal was broadcast by the ORGANIZATION@1 , the response to which was enormous , with instruments donated by the public enabling the orchestra to continue .

Many of the players ' instruments were destroyed when the Queen 's PERSON@1 was bombed in May NUMBER@1 , but lots of people gave money for them to buy new instruments .
