At the age of nineteen on 8 August 1863 he was elevated to the rank of captain. When his enlistment expired he returned to Elkhart, but re-enlisted on 12 December 1863 at Niles, Michigan in Company G, 1st Michigan Sharpshooters. On 14 June 1861 he became a private in Company B, 15th Regiment Indiana Infantry, and shortly afterwards was assigned to a regimental band. With the outbreak of the American Civil War he enlisted in the army on at the age of seventeen, despite his parents' protests. Little is known about his early life, other than that he learned to play the cornet. In 1850 he accompanied his family to Three Rivers, Michigan and in the following year to Elkhart, Indiana. The company was founded by Charles Gerard Conn (b. 1.5 The Paul Gazlay - Lee Greenleaf era, 1949-1969.1.2 Founding and growth of Conn's musical instrument business.Conn survived as a brand of musical instruments manufactured by Conn-Selmer, retaining several instruments for which it was known: the Conn 8D horn, 88H trombone, 62H bass trombone, 52BSP trumpet and the 1FR flugelhorn. The assets of UMI were bought by Steinway Musical Instruments in 2000 and in January 2003 were merged with other Steinway properties into a subsidiary called Conn-Selmer.
The company was sold in 1980 and then again in 1985, reorganized under the parent corporation United Musical Instruments (UMI) in 1986. Conn was divested of its Elkhart production facilities in 1970, leaving remaining production in satellite facilities and contractor sources. In 1969 the company was sold in bankruptcy to the Crowell-Collier-MacMillan publishing company. During the 1950s the bulk of its sales revenue shifted to electric organs. Its early business was based primarily on brass instruments, which were manufactured in Elkhart, Indiana. It bought the production facilities owned by Charles Gerard Conn, a major figure in early manufacture of brasswinds and saxophones in the USA. Conn Ltd., sometimes called Conn Instruments or commonly just Conn, is a former American manufacturer of musical instruments incorporated in 1915. Sorry to slam everyone's brain all at once this tidal wave of random information is the result of a few months of digging.C.G.
1940 SELMER TRUMPET CATALOGUE SERIAL NUMBER
Would the owners of these horns, with HUC IDs 9446, 6645, 5591, and 5428 please send me a photo of the serial number and a photo of the valves taken out? I've been cataloging every pre-early-Jupiter KHS stencil I can find, and I keep track of the valve block and serial stamp as these can vary. The only problem with the Google Drive link is only 500 images show up out of the 900 or so that I have.Īfter this long harangue, I have a request. I have also seen a Swallow brand trumpet (another label KHS made horns under) with identical casings and a serial in the same sequence.Īnd photos of the horns to make me look like less of a lunatic: Google Drive The E-flat trumpet is a bit more interesting, and it is marked Melody Maker DeLuxe - the valve casings resemble Conn Connquest, and I have seen a few other Melody Maker DeLuxe horns with the same casings. The cornets are a KHS model that eventually became the 1st-Generation Jupiter SCR-520 in the 1980s, but appeared beforehand under names like Conservarte, Artist, Melody Maker, and Jupiter (with a different logo). The ones in the HUC catalog are KHS stencils, it would seem.
I've been doing research on old trumpet models including the Selmer UK Melody Maker.
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