[TPIN] Selmer US & Henri Selmer Paris Co.

[Joël Eymard]

ackman13 at bellsouth.net a écrit :
> Hi,
> 
> I was reading in Richard Dundas book about the Selmer Company in the USA. It originally was a branch of the Henri Selmer Paris Co. and was located in NY City. It late moved to Elkhart, IN. Does anyone know when the two companies split? They are now definitely two totally different companies now. I suspect it may have been sometime before Selmer USA stopped importing the Selmer Paris Trumpets and promoting their newly acquired Bach line of trumpets. Any information would be helpful. Richards book really doesn't clearly outline the relationship. 
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Mike

Selmer USA was never a branch of Selmer Paris. It was founded in 1904 by 
Henri Selmer's brother Alexandre, a professional clarinet player 
(soloist at the Cincinnati Symphonic Orchestra), as a trading company 
aimed at distributing his brother's instruments.
In 1910, Alexandre Selmer came back to France and left his company to 
Goerges Bundy. (read the full story at 
http://www.selmer.fr/html/english/historique/histo/histo.htm)

Joel