Posted by Joe S. on July 31, 2000 at 00:02:59:
In Reply to: Re: Re: selmer conglomerate posted by Gus Pratt on July 30, 2000 at 23:34:01:
Edwards is Getzen. Monette is too small and too low quality (crazy prices or what?) to matter, IMO. Holton is owned by the Pascutti family (Vito and his son), and they actually DO make that crummy Harvey Phillips tuba, if still in production. L.A. Sax is just a guy in a Chicago suburb who imports Taiwanese stuff. If Monette is counted, Cliff Blackburn (near Nashville) should be included. His handmade trumpets are reasonably-priced and are actually WORTH their $3000 (and so on) prices (unlike Monette, who charges $25,000 for an instrument with the workmanship and sound of an Olds Ambassador, IMO).