Let’s play “is it American made?”

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Re: Let’s play “is it American made?”

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I've often wondered if Selmer USA had to buy everything that the F.E. Olds factory had (or did - even though they didn't have to - to make sure that the trumpets and trombones weren't made anymore...??), sold off all the trumpet and trombone tooling as scrap steel, and sold the leftover parts to Allied Supply (??).
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Sousaswag wrote: Fri Jan 05, 2024 3:02 pm Looks like a cool horn, it being what it is. Priced below the Wessex stuff, too. Did anybody get a chance to play it?
I spent some time playing on it. I remember liking it, but thinking it wasn’t anything remarkable. You can really honk on it, like a sousaphone.
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Re: Let’s play “is it American made?”

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Well, my baby is American made :teeth:

"https://www.youtube.com/embed/LvBvV92hr ... RlHEE9aA87"




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Well everyone has already said what I was thinking. Sooo nope. I suppose competition isn't a bad thing though.
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In a few days, one of the repair threads that involves an instrument like that's going to be reactivated.
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