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ZIGMANT J. KANSTUL |
Zigmant
J. Kanstul was born May 1929 in Minneapolis, MN. He spent his formative
years in the St. Paul Area. He graduated from Red Wing High School, Red
Wing, MN in 1947. Following graduation he joined the U.S. Air Force as
a bandsman and rose to the rank of Sergeant. He was discharged in 1950
after serving for three years. He moved to Salina, Kansas where he married
Jacqueline Sprecker and raised three children. He attended Bethany College,
Lindsbourg, Kansas (major in Music.) 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. In 1970 Mr. Kanstul left Olds 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 two years traveling to manufacturing facilities throughout the U.S. and Mexico. In 1981 Mr. Kanstul launched Kanstul Musical Instruments. The factory is located in Anaheim, California, one mile east of Disneyland. Kanstul Musical Instruments employs sixty craftsmen and manufactures a complete line of brass musical instruments. |
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