Interesting that none of these workers look like spring chickens.
MA
cool pics of Conn - Elkhart, Indiana factory in the 1940's !
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Yeah.....
Someone like me would get in trouble with some of those machines.....
but it would be fun doing it.
I've said it before to you Joe, but I will repeat it for the whole builder and repair crowd,
I am amazed by the patience and skill that the professional maker and repairman have for the detail needed to make good instruments.
Tom Mason
but it would be fun doing it.
I've said it before to you Joe, but I will repeat it for the whole builder and repair crowd,
I am amazed by the patience and skill that the professional maker and repairman have for the detail needed to make good instruments.
Tom Mason
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Depending on what part of the 1940's the pictures are from, the young men may have been in WWII.MaryAnn wrote:Interesting that none of these workers look like spring chickens.
MA
Mark
Mark E. Chachich, Ph.D.
Principal Tuba, Bel Air Community Band
Life Member, Musicians' Association of Metropolitan Baltimore, A.F.M., Local 40-543
Life Member, ITEA
Principal Tuba, Bel Air Community Band
Life Member, Musicians' Association of Metropolitan Baltimore, A.F.M., Local 40-543
Life Member, ITEA