Conn and Selmer were household names, even if we didn’t play brass instruments ourselves.įast forward to the present. Most of us grew up playing in high school bands and orchestras where the names Vincent Bach, G.C. Here’s a bedtime story for musicians that might make your skin crawl. Conn brass Selmer woodwinds King brass Armstrong woodwinds Ludwig and Musser percussion Glaesel strings Scherl & Roth strings William Lewis & Son strings Emerson flutes Benge brass Artley woodwinds Leblanc, Holton, Noblet and Vito band instruments Yanagisawa saxophones Martin trombones and trumpets. Steinway’s other brands are: Vincent Bach brass C.G. (NOTE: Steinway piano makers are covered by a union contract and therefore we are not boycotting Steinway pianos.) Members who wish to go further can decide whether or not they want to boycott all of the brands owned by Bach’s parent company, Steinway. (The Chicago and Las Vegas AFM locals have passed similar resolutions.) Local 802’s Executive Board voted to support a boycott of Bach trumpets while the workers are out on strike. Workers at the Bach trumpet plant in Elkhart, Indiana picket for a fair contract.
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