Pan American Band Instrument Company
- Pan American Band Instrument Company
Pan American Band Instrument Company was a musical instrument manufacturer in Elkhart, Indiana. Elkhart has been known as "The Musical Instrument Capital of the World". [ [http://www.michianalife.com/elkhart.htm Elkhart, Indiana, USA ] ]
History
The company was founded in 1926 by Carl Dimond Greenleaf, who was president of C. G. Conn, another musical instrument company, He was born in Wauseon, Ohio on July 27, 1876 and died Elkhart July 10, 1959. Shortly after 1928 the company was absorbed by Conn. In 1937 Conn began using the Pan American trademark on a line of instruments until 1956. The "Cavalier" trademark was also used by Pan American.
References
*Elkhart city directories (available Elkhart Public Library)
*New Grove Music Dictionary ("Conn")
*McMakin, Dean "Musical Instrument Manufacturing in Elkhart, Indiana" (unpublished typescript, 1987, available at Elkhart Public Library)
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