To become a professional musician is perhaps more a vocation than a sane or wise career choice. Only the very talented make a career with giving concerts. And probably a bit of luck is needed as well. The most end up as teachers and hobbyists.
To become a professional organist is even more a vocation. Organ music and church services are strongly linked. So much so that the potential the instrument has is seldom realised by people raised in families without binding to any church . The chances of a concert career are even smaller than for a violinist or a pianist.
On the bright side: there's the possibility to become church organist, a possibility lacking for other instrumentalists. There is no such thing as a church hoboist.
I cannot imagine anyone choosing a life in music if there is not a strong love for the instrument. And though that in itself does not buy you any food, it is the motivation and urge that drives you forward. Without it, you cannot invest the time and energy to reach and maintain a high level of playing.
Any musician who is in it for the money won't make it (unless very talented and very lucky)

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