Buescher sales people were restricted and carefully monitored when soliciting business from Conn dealers. He was replaced by Ot Beers, who for several years was actually on Conn's payroll as production chief and Buescher's payroll as General Manager.
Gus Buescher resigned as general manager on Janubut was retained on as a consultant engineer. Steps were taken to weaken Buescher and policies were implemented to prevent Buescher from impeding the progress of the Conn Company. In short order, Greenleaf went on to purchase enough holdings from the other shareholders to gain working control of the Buescher Company. Greenleaf (president of Conn), Hub Beardsley (president of Miles), Jim Bell (printer associated with "The Truth"), Harry Foster, and the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company. While Buescher was the parent company, control was in the hands of 5 owners who were C.D.
A few years later, in 1924 Hub founded the Elkhart Band Instrument Company with none other than Carl Greenleaf as the company's secretary and treasurer. In this manner, Hub (as his friends called him) went on to take over the Buescher Company as president in about 1920-22, retaining Gus Buescher on as vice president and general manager. What may have seemed like a blessing at the time would go on to be Buescher's undoing. In 1916 as a side endeavor, Andrew Hubble Beardsley involved himself in the reorganization of the Buescher Band Instrument Company by investing a large sum of money. Buescher found himself plagued with the problems of financing a fast growing company on limited finances. One of these investors included Andrew Hubble Beardsley who also gained partial control (along with Greenleaf) of the Elkhart newspaper, "The Truth" from Conn.Ībout this same time, Mr. Conn sold all of his holding to a group of investors led by Carl D.
A man of many interests, Andrew Hubble went on to become the company president and changed the name to Miles Laboratories in 1934 (anyone heard of Alka-Seltzer). Miles Medical Company in 1889 hiring his nephew on as an assistant.
Beardsley, was a wealthy political man who purchased the Dr. The Beardsley family came to much prominence in Elkhart in the mid 19th century. The Elkhart Band Instrument Company was founded by Andrew Hubble Beardsley in 1924 (but the story is much more interesting, read on). Conn LTD to gain control of the Buescher Band Instrument Company. From everything I can find, it was a sham company set up as a means for C.G. It was a company that existed for only three years, but would have major ramifications for years to follow. The story of the Elkhart Band Instrument Company is an interesting one.
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