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Sherrod Brown Statement on Conn-Selmer Shipping Ohio Jobs to China

Hello,

In light of the statement recently posted on your website, we are providing the attached Conn Selmer press release regarding our Eastlake, Ohio manufacturing plant. The release is also available online here: https://connselmer.com/news/tentative-decision-to-close-eastlake

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Elkhart, Indiana | January 7, 2026

Today, Conn Selmer announced a tentative decision to close its Eastlake, Ohio manufacturing plant on or about June 30, 2026. This proposed action is subject to negotiation with the union representing Conn Selmer’s hourly employees at its Eastlake plant. If this tentative decision is finalized, the company plans to transfer professional French horn production to its Elkhart, Indiana brass factory and transition tuba, sousaphone, and student/intermediate French horn production offshore.

This tentative decision, if finalized, will streamline Conn Selmer’s U.S. operations by concentrating production in one professional brass factory and one percussion factory.


Company Statement
Conn Selmer is the largest manufacturer of band instruments in the United States, and we have proudly built instruments in Elkhart, Indiana since 1875. The recent tentative decision regarding our Eastlake, Ohio facility will improve our competitiveness and better meet today’s market demands, while streamlining our U.S. operations by concentrating professional brass manufacturing in Elkhart, Indiana and percussion manufacturing in Monroe, North Carolina. We remain deeply committed to U.S. manufacturing, as we have been for more than 150 years.


About Conn Selmer
Conn Selmer is the largest manufacturer of band and orchestra instruments in the United States and a global leader in instrument manufacturing and distribution, with a brand portfolio representing over 750 years of combined musical heritage. Its brands include Armstrong, Bach, Conn, King, Holton, Leblanc, Ludwig, Musser, and Selmer. Conn Selmer is also the North American distributor of Henri Selmer Paris woodwinds and Yanagisawa saxophones.