Klarinet Archive - Posting 000712.txt from 2000/11

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Selmer buys UMI
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 16:35:25 -0500

At 11:24 AM 11/21/2000 -0800, Kevin Fay wrote:
>. . . so while Selmer doesn't actually own Selmer, they now own most
>everyone else other than the brands that Leblanc and Buffet own and the
>individual makers like Rossi, Howarth and Guy Chadash.
>
They also do not own Yamaha, which is a pretty big chunk of competition,
although they have for several years bought low brass instruments from
Yamaha and distributed them with the Bach name on them! It is also
interesting to note that Leblanc makes bass clarinets sold under the
Yamaha, Olds, and even Jupiter names. In any case, the indications are
that Steinway/Selmer will continue to operate UMI as a separate company,
although I would think that the Conn/King low brass expertise will
eventually lead them to sever the Yamaha-Bach link. And with any luck,
they will figure out a way to eliminate the Artley clarinet. Even making
it a stencil Bundy would be an improvement!

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.com
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