Editing C. G. Conn (section)

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{{Infobox company
| name          = C. G. Conn
| logo          = Cg conn logo.png
| logo_size = 250px
| type          = [[Privately held company|Private]] (1876–1915) <br /> [[Public company|Public]] (1915–1969) <br /> [[Subsidiary]] (1969–1980) <br /> Private (1980–1985) <br /> Subsidiary (1986–2003) <br /> [[Brand]] (2003–present)
| slogan        = 
| fate = dissolved and name relegated to Brand status after multiple ownership changes and structures, 2003
| foundation    = {{start date and age|1876}}
| founder = [[Charles G. Conn|Charles Gerard Conn]]
| defunct = 
| location      = [[Elkhart, Indiana]], United States
| key_people    = [[Charles G. Conn|Charles Gerard Conn]], founder
| revenue       = 
| industry      = 
| num_employees = 
| parent        = {{unbulleted list|
* [[Macmillan Publishers|Crowell-Collier-MacMillan]] (1969–80)
* United Musical Instruments (1986–2000)
* [[Steinway Musical Instruments]] (2000–03)
* [[Conn-Selmer]] (2003–present)
}}
| subsid        = 
| owner         = [[Conn-Selmer]]
| products      = [[Brass instruments]]
| homepage      = 
}}

'''C. G. Conn Ltd.''', '''Conn Instruments''' or commonly just '''Conn''', is a former [[United States|American]] [[manufacturing company|manufacturer]] of [[musical instrument]]s incorporated in 1915. It bought the production facilities owned by [[Charles G. Conn|Charles Gerard Conn]], a major figure in early manufacture of [[Brass instrument|brasswinds]] and [[saxophones]] in the USA. Its early business was based primarily on brass instruments, which were manufactured in [[Elkhart, Indiana]]. During the 1950s the bulk of its sales revenue shifted to [[electric organ]]s. In 1969 the company was sold in bankruptcy to the [[Macmillan Publishers|Crowell-Collier-MacMillan]] publishing company. Conn was divested of its Elkhart production facilities in 1970, leaving remaining production in satellite facilities and contractor sources.

The company was sold in 1980 and then again in 1985, reorganized under the parent corporation United Musical Instruments (UMI) in 1986. The assets of UMI were bought by [[Steinway Musical Instruments]] in 2000 and in January 2003 were merged with other Steinway properties into a subsidiary called [[Conn-Selmer]]. C. G. Conn survived as a [[brand]] of musical instruments manufactured by [[Conn-Selmer]], retaining several instruments for which it was known: the Conn 8D horn, 88H trombone, 62H bass trombone, 52BSP trumpet and the 1FR flugelhorn.