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What ever happened to...
Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2004 11:38 am
by ai698
...the new Conn F tuba? It was suppose to be in production a couple of years ago.
Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2004 3:00 pm
by Steve Marcus
The engineer at the Conn-Selmer booth at Midwest last December indicated, when asked about the Conn F tuba, that all R&D had been put on hold.
Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2004 3:04 pm
by Rommel72
So that means that the prototype is probably sitting on a shelf collecting dust. What a shame.
Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2004 4:44 pm
by Chuck(G)
...an entirely logical decision. While UMI may have seen a potential market in offering a CC, their stock-and-trade is still BBb.
How many Conn F's do you think would UMI get firm orders for? The US market just isn't that big.
Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2004 5:54 pm
by MikeMason
it's probably crated up and in a huge government warehouse next to the Ark of the Covenant, the Holy Grail, Indiana Jones' whip, etc...............................................
Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2004 6:47 pm
by imperialbari
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