[TPIN] "True Bach" horns being built

[Glenn Bengry]

Guys,

    I used to own a lightweight 72.  Wish I still had it.  For the guys who 
are not fond of bach horns, if you get a chance to play one, check it out.  
Completely different animal than a standard weight 37.  So if the 37 wasn't 
what you wanted in a horn, blow the lightweight 72 and try the large bore 25 
bell.  The large bore isn't tht different from the standard.  Whether they 
are the new ones or not, the design is the same and have something going for 
them.

glenn


>From: Steve B <stevebster at yahoo.com>
>To: Thomas Meacham <tmeacham at gci.net>, tpin <tpin at tpin.okcu.edu>
>Subject: Re: [TPIN] "True Bach" horns being built
>Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 10:21:41 -0800 (PST)
>
>Interestingly enough I was out at Dillon's music a
>week or so ago and they had some of the new horns.
>There were a couple of players in from NYC
>specifically looking at the  light weight 72.  They
>were very impressed..  I tooted on a couple as well..
>They were very nice horns.
>
>Steve
>--- Thomas Meacham <tmeacham at gci.net> wrote:
>
> > 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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