The personnel of this combination is, with one exception, the same as that of Pattison's Salon Orchestra. Founded by Norris Stanley , the violinist and director of the Salon Orchestra, it has been broadcasting for eight years At the age of sixteen Norris Stanley was a member of Sir Thomas Beecham 's Opera Orchestra. At Pattison's he succeeded Tom Jones , who went to the Grand Hotel, Eastbourne. He is first violin in the Sextet,-the other members of which are Charles Badham (piano), Albert Russell , J. Mc-Keane (viola), Harry Miller ('cello), and Frederick Bye (bass).