Bach Leadership
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Vincent Bach
Founder & President
1918 - 1961
Vincent Bach combined his unique talents as both an accomplished musician and a talented engineer to create brass instruments of unequaled tonal quality. Often copied but never duplicated, Bach Stradivarius instruments today remain the sound choice of artists worldwide.
source: BachBrass.com
Esther Helen Bach
Marketing / Advertising
1925 - 1961
While not officially in Bach-related history, multiple historical records describe Esther as the leader of the Advertising & Marketing of Vincent Bach's instruments from 1925 to the sale of the business to H.A. Selmer in 1961.
In the 1950 US Census, Esther's job was listed as Advertising of Musical Instrument Manufacturer.
source: BachLoyalist research
source: Bach family
Nic Meyer
Vice President
1922 - 1940s
Nic (Nicholas, Nicolaus) Meyers was an investor and listed as Vincent Bach Corporation's Vice President in 1922. Vincent later purchased back shares in the company from Nic & Nic's mother in the early 1940s
source: BachLoyalist research, RobbStewart.com Gold Engraved Trumpet #959
Hans Bach
Secretary
1918 - 1930s
Vincent Bach's brother. Ran some local NYC retail outlets. Helped in the early days of Vincent Bach Corp.
source: BachLoyalist research
Letter from 1925-1928. Vincent incorporated Vincent Bach Corporation in NYC in 1922, so this letter most likely reflected the corporate officers.
Vincent Bach, President, Treasurer
Nic Meyers, Vice President
Hans Bach, Secretary
Emil Bundschu
Vice President
1925 - 1956 Emil originally came to work for Bach in 1925 as a shipping clerk. He later did various roles in Vincent Bach Corporation. In 1940 census he was described as a book keeper for the Vincent Bach Corporation. In his 34 years of service with the Bach Company he rose from shipping clerk to Vice President. source: BachLoyalist research
John Pettinato
Chief Repairman
- 1961
John worked for Vincent Bach Corporation as a chief repairman and made most of the Mt Vernon trombones. With the closing of the Bach plant, John opens his own repair shop on 48th Street in New York.
source: BrassHistory.net
Mike Tareskevich
SHOP FOREMAN (NY)
source: BachLoyalist research
Karl F. Allmendinger
Shop Foreman (NY)
source: BrassHistory.net
George J. Bukur
Mouthpiece Maker
Possible mouthpiece maker for Vincent Bach Corporation. Later he produced his own line of mouthpieces that also used the Bach mouthpiece blank.
source: BachLoyalist research
John Piering
Mouthpiece Maker
Possible mouthpiece maker for Vincent Bach Corporation. Later he produced his own line of mouthpieces that also used the Bach mouthpiece blank.
source: BachLoyalist research
John Feddersen
H.A. Selmer Inc.
1960 - 1982 Add team member description here. Remove the text if not necessary.
Charles Bickel
President, Selmer Corp.
1970s Charles worked his way up to president of Selmer before his retirement in the 1970s. source: https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/charles-bickel
H.W. Petersen
President, Selmer Corp.
1975 - 1990 William Petersen served as president of Selmer Corporation from 1975-1990 during a time of great growth. source: https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/william-petersen
Tom Burzycki
The Selmer Co.
1990 - 2008
John Stoner
President, Conn-Selmer
2002 - August 30, 2019
"Mr. Stoner has been with Conn-Selmer for 17 years and during his tenure made a significant impression on the music industry since joining the company in 2002. Ben Steiner, COO/CFO for Steinway Musical Instruments remarked, “John helped to transform the landscape of Conn-Selmer” and leveraged the impact of the company not only within the music industry, but also in the field of music education. Mr. Stoner’s departure “leaves a profound footprint and legacy.”
source: Conn-Selmer
Stephen Zapf
President / CEO
September 3, 2019 - Present
"Conn-Selmer’s next President/CEO is Stephen Zapf. Steve’s great-grandfather and grandfather started Zapf’s Music in Philadelphia in 1928, and it was from an early age that Steve’s love for music and the music industry was born. "
source: Conn-Selmer
Lloyd Fillio
Chief Bach Brass Technician
1960 - 1982 "Lloyd Fillio grew up in the band instrument capital, Elkhart, Indiana. His father worked in the industry as did his uncle and cousin. It seemed natural for Lloyd to work in the industry. He worked for CG Conn for a short time before moving over to Selmer in 1960 where he took part in the relocation of the Vincent Bach trumpet division, which was purchased by Selmer in 1963. Lloyd enjoyed his role as product developer and felt rewarded as the company began to focus on brass instruments from that point on." source:The Selmer Company
Tedd Waggoner
Director of Bach Operations
1972 - July 31, 2019
"Tedd Waggoner began his career in the music industry in 1969 and soon joined the Selmer team. Tedd worked in most of the positions for the company but found his greatest satisfaction when he began working in the Vincent Bach division of Selmer.
As a trumpeter, Tedd fit right in and soon learned not only the full production of the trumpets and mouthpieces but also the great Bach history. His knowledge and passion led to several production and product adjustments and improvements over the years to create instrument as close to Mr. Bach’s original design as possible."
source:The Selmer Company
source: various Press Releases, NAMM, Conn-Selmer