Editing Conn-Selmer (section)

===Recent history===
With the backing of Kirkland Messina, Selmer Industries acquired the '''Steinway Musical Properties''' company, the parent company of [[piano]] manufacturer [[Steinway & Sons]], in 1995 and changed their own name to '''[[Steinway Musical Instruments]]'''. The domestically produced Bundy brand was discontinued shortly afterward, replaced with student wind instruments sourced from Asia and sold as ''Selmer (USA)'' woodwinds and ''Bach'' brasswinds.

In 2000, Steinway Musical Instruments acquired United Musical Instruments (owners of Artley, Armstrong, [[Elden Benge|Benge]], [[C.G. Conn]], [[H.N. White|King]], Scherl & Roth), then merged it with The Selmer Company's instrument manufacturing operations to form '''Conn-Selmer''' in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.steinwaymusical.com/content/about_us.htm |title=Steinway & Sons |publisher=Steinwaymusical.com |access-date=2014-04-09}}</ref> In 2004, Conn-Selmer acquired the [[Leblanc (musical instrument manufacturer)|Leblanc Company]], gaining their exclusive distribution rights for [[Yanagisawa Wind Instruments|Yanagisawa]] saxophones in the US and Canada. Conn-Selmer kept Leblanc in production of clarinets but ended their brasswind production in 2007, discontinuing their [[Martin Band Instrument Company|Martin]] brand and moving production of their [[Holton (Leblanc)|Holton]] brand to Elkhart, Indiana. Conn-Selmer retains the North American importation and distribution rights for [[Henri Selmer Paris|Selmer (Paris)]] and [[Yanagisawa Wind Instruments]] formerly held by H. & A. Selmer and Leblanc, respectively.

Conn-Selmer is the largest manufacturer and importer of band and orchestral instruments in the United States. It has manufactured instruments in six domestic facilities since 2002:
*[[Cleveland, Ohio]]
*[[Eastlake, Ohio]]
*[[Elkhart, Indiana]]
*[[Kenosha, Wisconsin]] (closed)
*[[La Grange, Illinois]] (closed)
*[[Monroe, North Carolina]]
It has been heavily involved in outsourcing manufacturing of brands formerly associated with American manufacturers, including Ludwig drums, Glaesel, Scherl & Roth, and Wm. Lewis and Sons stringed instruments to China and Selmer (USA) wind instruments to various Asian sources.

The employees at the [[Vincent Bach Corporation|Vincent Bach]] facility in [[Elkhart, Indiana]] represented by [[United Auto Workers]] Local 364, struck on April 1, 2006, and as of July 30, 2009, the union was decertified.  Out of 230 workers that went out on strike approximately 70 returned with the remaining workers having been subject to recall until July 30, 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=489779%20 |title=Elkhart Truth |publisher=Etruth.com |date=2014-01-24 |access-date=2014-04-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718102847/http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=489779%20 |archive-date=2011-07-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2006, calls were made for the [[American Federation of Musicians]] to boycott the entire Steinway-Conn-Selmer instrument company due to its permanently replacing union workers at its manufacturing facilities.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/11/10/18328683.php |title=Elkhart, Indiana Vincent Bach Music Instrument UAW364 Workers Fight For Justice |website=Indybay.org |access-date=30 May 2018}}</ref>

The employees represented by United Auto Workers Local 2359 at the Eastlake, Ohio Conn-Selmer manufacturing plant called a strike on July 26, 2011, after working without a contract since February 2011,<ref>{{cite web  |url=http://www.steinwaymusical.com/images/newsfiles/116309Strike%20at%20Conn-Selmers%20Eastlake,%20Ohio%20Plant.pdf |title=Steinway & Sons |publisher=Steinwaymusical.com |access-date=2014-04-09}}</ref> and settled with the company on October 21, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.steinwaymusical.com/images/newsfiles/153034UAW%20Ends%20Strike%20at%20ConnSelmers%20Ohio%20Plant.pdf |title=Steinway & Sons |publisher=Steinwaymusical.com |access-date=2014-04-09}}</ref>

In 2013, the [[Paulson & Co.]] investment firm acquired Steinway Musical Instruments.<ref>{{cite web |title=Paulson & Co. Announces Completion of Acquisition of Steinway Musical Instruments |url=http://www.steinway.com/news/articles/paulson-co-announces-completion-of-acquisition-of-steinway-musical-instruments/|website=Steinway.com}}</ref>