Pan American Band Instrument Company was a musical instrument manufacturer in Elkhart

Elkhart, Indiana

Elkhart is a city in Elkhart County, Indiana, United States. The city is located east of South Bend, northwest of Fort Wayne, east of Chicago, and north of Indianapolis...

, Indiana

Indiana

Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...

. Elkhart has been known as "The Musical Instrument Capital of the World".

History

The company was founded in 1917 by Carl Dimond Greenleaf, who was president of C. G. Conn

C. G. Conn

C.G. Conn Ltd., sometimes called Conn Instruments or commonly just Conn, was a United States manufacturer of musical instruments, especially brass instruments. In 1985 their Strobotuner division was bought by Peterson Electro-Musical Products, who continue to service their line of products.Assets...

, another musical instrument company, He was born in Wauseon, Ohio

Wauseon, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 7,091 people, 2,706 households, and 1,875 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,437.6 people per square mile . There were 2,851 housing units at an average density of 578.0 per square mile...

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 1955. The "Cavalier" trademark was also used by Pan American.