VK soprano question

[ripper]

There were other horns that were produced out there that were of a fairly good quality that they may have also played and they were called AMERICAN HERITAGE they had a very nice open sound and were produced in ANAHIEM CA not totally sure if VK used them or not just a thought though

[marksmenbari]

There were other horns that were produced out there that were of a fairly good quality that they may have also played and they were called AMERICAN HERITAGE they had a very nice open sound and were produced in ANAHIEM CA not totally sure if VK used them or not just a thought though

actually, they were AMERICAN COMMAND by HERITAGE and were actually made by BENGE.

the way i understand it, after designing the ultratone II line olds decided to stop making bugles. zig took the design to benge who also decided to stop making bugles, so eventually he ended up working for king until king also decided to stop making bugles.. so around 1990 he started his own company.

[oldschoolVK]

Settin' the record straight on Zig Kanstul:

"In 1953 Mr. Kanstul moved to Anaheim, CA where F.E. Olds employed him as a mounter. For the next eight years he was apprenticed to F.A. Reynolds from whom he learned the fine art of brass instrument manufacturing. He spent 18 years at Olds where he became factory superintendent in charge of all R & D-Engineering and Design.

Mr. Kanstul left Olds in 1970 to become Vice President of King Musical Instruments in charge of the Benge plant. In 1979 he became Vice President of Manufacturing of C.G. Conn and spent the next 2 years traveling to manufacturing facilities throughout the U.S. and Mexico.

Kanstul Musical Instruments was launched in 1981, and has established a reputation for quality and craftsmanship. The factory is located in southern California, one mile east of Disneyland. Kanstul Musical Instruments employs sixty craftsmen and manufactures a complete line of brass musical instruments."

source, KANSTUL.NET