[Trombone-l] Laskey goes global

[Jim Bermann]

Linda,
Watch the video that Mike made on the
internet. It gives a great explanation of his
plans. It appears he did not buy the Kanstul
name which may have not been offered for
sale. Zig made a lot of private label items
for a lot of other manufacturers. I do own
several bells that are not engraved yet the
same as the ones that are engraved.
Mike is one of the finest craftsman and also
instrument designers in the world! He will
hire the greatest workers and train those
that are new to business.
Jim Bermann


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> On Jun 14, 2019, at 9:27 PM, Linda Landis <drbach6 at aol.com> wrote:
> 
> So far as I’ve heard, Kanstul instruments will still be made in USA.
> 
> Linda Landis, Lead Trombone Columbus Jazz Orchestra, Columbus Symphony, Private Teacher
> 
>> On Jun 14, 2019, at 1:05 PM, Craig Parmerlee via Trombone-l <trombone-l at trombonelist.org> wrote:
>> 
>> What does this mean?  The Kanstul website shows no indication of shutting down.  If BAC acquired the inventory, wouldn't that bear the Kanstul name?
>> 
>> I wonder what would be the point of acquiring the products without the name.  I could see acquiring the tooling at the right price.  Kanstul made a lot of marching brass and bugles.  If BAC wanted to carry on in that market, then the tooling would be the key thing.  But the last time I visited BAC, they certainly didn't have the scale for that.  It was a relatively small workshop making horns one at a time.  Maybe that has changed a lot in recent years.
>> 
>> Or maybe the game plan is to keep the Kanstul name alive with a Chinese plant building the horns.  In that case, I would have expected the tooling to go to the China plant.  This isn't making a lot of sense to me.
>> 
>> Anybody have any further insights here?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 6/11/2019 3:33 PM, Jim Bermann via Trombone-l wrote:
>>> Hi Price,
>>> The Laskey Family sold the company after
>>> Scott’s passing.
>>> Mike Corrigan owner of B.A.C. in Kansas
>>> City has acquired the inventory of Kanstul
>>> including all parts and products but not the Kanstul name.
>>> Jim Bermann
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>>> On Jun 11, 2019, at 2:51 PM, Price Taylor via Trombone-l <trombone-l at trombonelist.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Inevitable. Even Steve Shires couldn't make it on his own, so glad these
>>>> fine mouthpiece and instrument makers don't all disappear.
>>>> 
>>>> BTW, it appears that Kanstul is still going, does anyone know for sure?
>>>> 
>>>> Price
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 5:48 PM Raymond Horton via Trombone-l <
>>>> trombone-l at trombonelist.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> https://www.laskeymouthpieces.com/
>>>>> 
>>>>> Raymond Horton
>>>>> Composer/Arranger
>>>>> Minister of Music,
>>>>> Edwardsville (IN) United Methodist Church
>>>>> Retired Bass Trombonist,
>>>>> Louisville Orchestra, 1970-2016
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