city directories (available at Elkhart Public Library) Reed, Charles Vandeveer, "A History of Band Instrument Manufacturing in Elkhart, Indiana," unpublished MS Thesis, Butler University, 1953, 90p. External links C. G. Conn on Conn-Selmer website A Brief History of the Conn Company (1874-present), Margaret Downie Banks, Ph.D., Senior Curator of Musical Instruments, National Music Museum, Vermillion, South Dakota 1905 Magazine Article with photos The Conn Loyalist - About Conn Brass Instruments from the days when the C. G. Conn company was still located in Elkhart, Indiana Review of a Conn 6M Alto Saxophone manufactured in 1944 The C. G. Conn 'Double-Bell Wonder' disc phonograph of 1898 Straube factory in 1922, courtesy of the Indiana Historical Society Straube player pianos in 1922, courtesy of the Indiana Historical Society Brass instrument manufacturing companies Companies based in Elkhart County, Indiana Defunct companies based in Indiana Musical instrument manufacturing companies of the United States