Conn/King Sousa

CTAYLOR · Post by **CTAYLOR** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 10:02 pm

this just makes me mad! I hated to see Conn merge with King. They marked this "King" horn with Conn USA. Must've been one of those made during the transition to Eastlake. I'm glad they dont do this anymore. Except on the fiberglass. I along with many others think Conn should bring back the 22K and the 14K! I guarantee they would sell like crazy. I wish Conn realized this..

Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 10:28 pm

Isn't the only REAL Conn sousa these days the 20K?

TUbajohn20J · Post by **TUbajohn20J** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 1:16 am

Yeah they need to stop making that "fake" 36K and bring back the old CONN version, and I agree they need the 14K back also. They do need more variety.

eupher61 · Post by **eupher61** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 1:48 am

I hope everyone knows that Conn, King, Selmer and all the sub-brands of them are owned by Steinway. I don't think Holton or Getzen is yet, but give 'em time.

tofu · Post by **tofu** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 3:27 am

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 11:23 pm

You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 1:06 am

Especially if you don't keep any stock on hand. It's one thing to keep low inventory to ride out low ebbs of business. But Kanstul seems to have taken this to an extreme of having basically no stock on any of their instruments, building mostly to order.

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 3:12 pm

iiipopes wrote:Kanstul seems to have taken this to an extreme of having basically no stock on any of their instruments, building mostly to order.

As are most "state-of-the-art" business models these days for longer leadtime items...

J.c. Sherman · Post by **J.c. Sherman** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 3:39 pm

Inventory is debt, not asset.

J.c.S.