sean007r

did CONN move to Switzerland?
I thought they were a US company
Maybe not

Sean

gglassmeyer

you can find them on the net at C.G. Conn Musical Instruments :: Home. I don't think they've moved.

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sean007r

That is what I thought.
Then what the heck is this...Conn Flugelhorn - made in Switzerland - eBay (item 150226294526 end time Mar-23-08 19:00:00 PDT)

screamingmorris

Various times since McMillan took over Conn circa 1971, Conn has contracted other companies to make some Conn instruments.

For example, some Conn Directors were made by Yamaha in Japan in the early 1970's.

The current status has some instruments made in France:
"Conn-Selmer manufactures instruments in ten facilities located in Elkhart, Indiana; Cleveland and Eastlake, Ohio; Monroe, North Carolina; LaGrange, Illinois; Kenosha and Elkhorn, Wisconsin. and at G. Leblanc Cie in La Couture-Boussey, France."
Welcome to the home of Conn-Selmer, Inc. Musical Instruments

BTW, I occasionally see Holton brass from the 1960's for sale on eBay that is stamped "France", showing that Holton was having another company make some of its instruments back then.

brem

It's not uncommon for certain horn manufacturers to have some of their line of product made elsewhere... Yamaha did make some in the U.S.A., right?

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BrassOnLine

I thought that Yamaha USA closed its doors few ago.
Sad

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brem

Where did I state they didn't?

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Bach Stradivarius Bb Model 37 * #124xxx (circa 1975) - Schilke 15B mpc
Yamaha YFH-731 Flugelhorn #000xxx - Yamaha 14F4-GP mpc

gglassmeyer

Yamaha trumpets made in the USA have an "A" tacked onto the end of their serial number. Or at least this used to be the convention.

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veery715

It was in 2007 that Yamaha shut down its US factories and moved production elsewhere. I don't believe they are making any instruments here now, but if anyone knows different please enlighten me.

I have numerous Yamaha products, a 34 year old U3 upright grand (an Excellent with a capital E piano), YV1600 Vibraphone, 8310Z Trumpet, flugelhorn, YTR 2320 (with an A after the serial #) student trumpet, stereo components, silent brass... The company began with musical instruments (hence the crossed tuning forks - even on the motorcycles) and has made lots of them. Most, even the student lines, were of quite high quality and were well regarded when other things made in Japan were considered junk. Most of the ones I own are pretty darned good.

We all know what happened when advancing Japanese auto technology caught US makers sleeping, and drove a technical revolution which brought our cars to where they could compete in the world market, irrespective of the place of actual manufacture. It will be interesting to see what happens in the musical instrument business with the decline of craftmanship in US factories and the growth of overseas relocation of manufacturing.

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BrassOnLine

As far as I know, Yamaha America still making pianos, that's all.
They tryed to get a better market quote making instruments in the USA, but sales were not increased in accordance with the investment they did.
It is very sad. Less working positions.
BTW Yamaha still making their famous rotary trumpets -and few other models- in Frankfurt, Germany.
Most of new models are made in China -but under Yamaha watching eye- and Japan.

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