[TPIN] "True Bach" horns being built

[jontrimble at suddenlink.net]

<snip>
By July, when the replacement workers were starting to be hired, the
company introduced what it calls the "corrected methods."

I know I simply took a piece of this mail but doesn't this really mean, We 
now have scabs working for us that are willing to make the dumbed down 
version of a better product?  Bach started great but what is it now?  Ahhh. 
Time seems to have a way of sucking up even the best of things.  "True 
Bach"...Bah.  In reality (from reading past articles) true bach is lessor 
metals with less attention to each horn made.  Massed produced garbage they 
should call iit I think.

Jon Trimble
jontrimble at suddenlink.net
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas Meacham" <tmeacham at gci.net>
To: "tpin" <tpin at tpin.okcu.edu>
Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 11:48 AM
Subject: [TPIN] "True Bach" horns being built


> This item from the Elkhart, Indiana Truth newspaper:
>
> _____
>
> Horns touted as 'True Bach'
> Instruments manufactured by replacement workers debut
>
> Published: Friday, January 19, 2007 -- The Truth, C1
> Last updated: 1/18/2007 11:37:59 PM
> By Marilyn Odendahl
> Truth Staff Writer
> ANAHEIM, Calif. -- With thousands of music industry professionals 
> attending the 2007 National Association of Music Manufacturers trade show, 
> Conn-Selmer is unveiling the horns being built by the replacement workers 
> at its Vincent Bach facility.
>
> In April 2006, the members of United Auto Workers Local 364 went on strike 
> at the Vincent Bach plant in Elkhart, Ind. The union walked out after 
> rejecting a contract that, among other things, called for wage cuts, 
> insurance rate hikes, mandatory overtime and did not clearly state shop 
> rules.
>
> When the strike began, Conn-Selmer reviewed every process and procedure 
> used to make the Bach trumpet, explained Rich Breske, spokesman for the 
> musical instrument maker. By comparing how the Vincent Bach facility made 
> the horns with the way the instrument's namesake actually built the 
> trumpets in the early 20th century, changes were made and the company is 
> now touting the new construction methods and new Stradivarius horns as 
> "True Bach."
>
> "We had an opportunity" with the strike to look at how the Bach horns were 
> being made, Breske said. "We really didn't want the opportunity but we 
> took it."
>
> A press release about the new horns said production supervisors in the 
> Vincent Bach facility took over all operations when the strike started and 
> used the "large amount" of work-in-process inventory to "help meet much of 
> the demand on the first half of 2006."
>
> By July, when the replacement workers were starting to be hired, the 
> company introduced what it calls the "corrected methods."
>
> In the release, the company acknowledged it has not been able to fulfill 
> dealer orders but, it contended, this is not the first time demand has 
> outstripped supply for Bach Stradivarius instruments and that dealers are 
> receiving shipments daily.
>
> "We're very, very proud of the product quality," Breske said.
>
> Along with the new Bach horns, Conn-Selmer is using the NAMM show to 
> introduce its new Leblanc by Backun clarinets. In particular, the 
> instruments feature redesigned keywork to allow the musicians to do more 
> musically.
>
> *********
> Contact Marilyn Odendahl at modendahl at etruth.com.
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