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Wow. Nickel allergy is somewhat common, but I had never heard of anyone with silver or gold allergy.

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@Kujo20

Yes, but selling the tooling does not necessarily mean the company is defunct. They could subcontract production of major parts and subcomponents to others (China/Asia) and continue with final assembly in California, thereby continuing the existence of the brand as a "made in USA" company. Or they could sell out to an Asian buyer who would move production overseas but continue selling the brand in the USA. I'm kind of glad they didn't do those things, but they were possibilities.

Also, it will be interesting to see what BAC does with that tooling. They apparently did not buy the Kanstul brand or intellectual property rights or any of those things. They could use the tooling to make/sell aftermarket replacement parts, or they could develop their own "boutique" brand. (BAC already had their own "boutique" brand, but they could expand it offering "tribute" models to Kanstul, Olds, Benge, Martin, and some of the others for which Kanstul had the tooling.)

Kanstul made it official. Per their website as of today (7/23/19).....

Thanks to all our friends for a long run

And it has been a long run.

67 years ago, Zig Kanstul first began crafting brasswinds, and though the master himself passed in 2016, our family has carried on the tradition of building a broad line of brass instruments with an unrelenting focus on the sound.

However, we came to a point where it was no longer viable for us to continue.

We want to thank all the players who have made music on our horns over the years, from the casual players, the band members, the drum corps sections—to the professionals in the pop, rock, jazz, symphonic, mariachi, and Hollywood soundtrack genres—and everyone in between.

We’d also like to thank our indispensable design collaborators who over the years worked with Zig to create so many horns that made history.

Also, thanks to our dealers and resellers, and of course our private-label partners who have kept so many iconic instrument designs available to the serious playing community.

This website will remain online for the foreseeable future, as an archive of Kanstul history and product information. Inquiries regarding archive status and Zig book orders may be sent to scott@eyemotive.com.

@ROWUK

Haven't heard that phrase since I lived in London 40 years ago.

When I lived in St. Louis, I caught the "Yogi and Joe" show, live, a couple of time. (Although they were both old men at the time.) On one occasion, my boss was getting his "star on the walk of fame" (or at least the St. Louis equivalent.) Yogi and Joe were the guests of honor and past recipients. The other guest of honor and past recipient was Chuck Berry.

When it was Yogi's turn to speak, he got up and (haltingly) said: "Youse know what I always sez..... When you comes to a fork in the road...... Take it!"

And then Joe jumps up, grabs the mic, and says: "Yeah. Now let me tell you the other 50 things Yogi said this morning. Blah. Blah. Blah....."

Of course Joe was drunk and he then started telling somewhat racist jokes. Bad move Joe. In front of a St. Louis crowd with Chuck Berry sitting there, I thought he was going to get his ass kicked on the spot, even if he was 75 years old.

Where are you located and what is the destination?

You guys realize that 98% of the Yogi Berra quotes were actually made up by his childhood buddy, Joe Garagiola, and attributed to Yogi, don't you? It was a shtick they started perpetrating in little league, and kept working the rest of their lives. Joe was a chatterbox and Yogi was almost non-verbal.

@Dr-GO

LOL. Well when I was a kid Mom would buy the frozen brick of Brussels sprouts from the A&P, take them home, and boil them for 2 or 3 hours. That produced a concoction with the taste and texture of pond scum garnished with sulphur. But have you ever had them sliced and sauteed in butter and olive oil with garlic, bacon bits, and sea salt? The latter is nothing at all like the former.

That's sort of like asking: "How do you feel about Brussels sprouts?" Well prepared and in moderation: Great! Poorly prepared and in excess: Barf!

@Seth-of-Lagos

Excellent. Welcome, Seth.

@barliman2001

Thanks for that, Barliman. It's good to know. (Good to know that he will be back, not that he's under pressure.)

Hey, even Carlos got a turn on the cow bell.... while on cigarette break.... in the middle of a song....