Klarinet Archive - Posting 000688.txt from 2000/09

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl]Conn "Naked Lady" Saxophones
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 20:10:20 -0400

At 07:26 PM 9/22/2000 EDT, LeliaLoban wrote:
>BTW, the Conn family no longer owns the brand name. The Conns being
>manufactured today are UMI student-quality instruments, unrelated to the
>vintage C. G. Conns.
>
NEWS FLASH! I just heard from a Selmer rep only an hour or so ago that
effective sometime last week, Selmer USA bought UMI!!!

Also, Conn makes a reasonable intermediate sax now, too: the 25M. They
are trying very hard to recapture the vintage Conn sound, and their
reputation after the disastrous excursion into Mexican production. Conn's
french horns and better trombones, like the 88H, still command respect in
the professional ranks. And they still make the only Sousaphone that's
worth a hoot. Too bad they still can't make a decent clarinet!

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.com
451 Old Orchard Drive http://homepages.go.com/~zoot14/zoot14.html
Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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