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ID
91925
Title of Article
C.G. Conn musical instrument factory to be demolished
Source
Elkhart Truth
Location
Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption
The former C.G. Conn band instruments factory on East Beardsley Avenue in Elkhart is set to be demolished. The property is slated to be redeveloped into residential space.
Elkhart Truth Collection; People Pictures - Conn Band Instrument Factory, C. G.
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5 MOUTHPIECE MAKING DEPT. The picture at the right, No. 5, recalls the popular story of how and why Conn got into the band instrument business. He is supposed to have suffered a split lip in a street fight and found his cornet mouthpiece uncomfortable. So he designed a rubber one. He soon went into business in an upstairs room west of the old post office on Jackson Street and for two years spun out rubber mouthpieces as fast as he could make them. He produced his first cornet in 1875.
Elkhart Truth Collection; People Pictures - Conn Band Instrument Factory, C. G.
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12 HELICON BENDING DEPARTMENT. The picture at the right, No. 5, recalls the popular story of how and why Conn got into the band instrument business. He is supposed to have suffered a split lip in a street fight and found his cornet mouthpiece uncomfortable. So he designed a rubber one. He soon went into business in an upstairs room west of the old post office on Jackson Street and for two years spun out rubber mouthpieces as fast as he could make them. He produced his first cornet in 1875.
Elkhart Truth Collection; People Pictures - Conn Band Instrument Factory, C. G.
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BUFFING DEPT. The scenes immediately above are from the buffing department of the Conn band instrument factory (left) and the case-making department. Albert W. Fischer, the Conn worker who acquired the postcard collection, was a valvemaker. He learned the trade at 16 at the first Conn factory on East Jackson boulevard. The department he worked in is pictured at lower right.
Elkhart Truth Collection; People Pictures - Conn Band Instrument Factory, C. G.
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CASE-MAKING DEPT. The scenes immediately above are from the buffing department of the Conn band instrument factory (left) and the case-making department. Albert W. Fischer, the Conn worker who acquired the postcard collection, was a valvemaker. He learned the trade at 16 at the first Conn factory on East Jackson boulevard. The department he worked in is pictured at lower right.; Almost full photo appears in 4/25/1981 Elkhart Truth, Welcome Home Conn section pg. 11
Elkhart Truth Collection; People Pictures - Conn Band Instrument Factory, C. G.
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No. 6 VALVE MAKING DEPARTMENT. The scenes immediately above are from the buffing department of the Conn band instrument factory (left) and the case-making department. Albert W. Fischer, the Conn worker who acquired the postcard collection, was a valvemaker. He learned the trade at 16 at the first Conn factory on East Jackson boulevard. The department he worked in is pictured at lower right.
Elkhart Truth Collection; People Pictures - Conn, C.G., Ltd.
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The old C. G. Conn bandstand sits idle behind the old Conn plant on E. Beardsley Avenue, but a group of downtown businessmen propose to move it downtown. Built early in the century, the bandstand was used by the Conn band until World War II, when it was boarded up and converted for storage. Legend has it that John Philip Sousa once performed in it.
Elkhart Truth Collection; People Pictures - People Pictures - Conn, C.G., Ltd.
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Conn executives and plant personnel observe the first instrument to be shipped from new plant. Mrs. Lelen Koher, a Conn employee for 41 years, carefully packs this 15B model trumpet, serial number E-68358. Standing (from left) are Leland Greenleaf, Conn president; Charles Edwards, executive vice president; Dick Corner, plant superintendent; Mrs. Koher; Charles Strintz, President UAW, Local 534; Jasper Miller, union official, and Charles Gableman, vice president-sales. Raven's Studio, No. 2293 Neg., JA 2-4123 Elkhart, Ind.
