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The C. G. Conn company is the oldest, largest and most famous manufacturer of wind musical instruments, which is based in the United States of America. For more than a hundred years, professional musicians in American orchestras, as well as orchestras from around the world, have confirmed the quality of C. G. Conn, and their listeners have enjoyed the pure sound of the instruments of this brand. It was the C. G. Conn brand that became a reliable foundation for the concept of the American music industry of brass instruments to appear in the world. C. G. Conn has military roots. The pioneer of the cause was Colonel Charles Gerard Conn, a veteran of the American Civil War. He established music production in North America almost by accident. Being a cornet player, one day the colonel found himself in an awkward situation: someone broke his lip. In those days (it was 1873), this fact led to tragic consequences for the one who played the cornet. So the colonel had to stand behind the machine and turn on creative thinking - otherwise his career would be threatened by the finish line. So Charles Conn not only became the creator of a new mouthpiece with a rubber nozzle, but also patented it. When his mother and other musicians wanted the invention, Conn decided to set up a whole production. As it turned out later, this was the beginning of the history of the C. G. Conn brand. In 1875, the colonel already presented the first model of a cornet made by himself. It was the first cornet made in the United States. Thus began the production of C. G. Conn wind musical instruments. Within a few years, Conn had already equipped a large workshop and started developing a new line of musical instruments. The year 1888 was a historic moment for the company: 15 craftsmen from Europe arrived in America then. They started a unique innovative project, having received all possible conditions for this. The task from Charles Conn was one: to create the most perfect wind instruments C. G. Conn. And they succeeded, which was confirmed by the reviews of the musicians and the prizes of the international jury. Cooperation with the best musicians of the 19th and 20th centuries ensured the promotion of "conn's amazing instruments". Among them were the composer and conductor of military bands Patrick Gilmore, the legend of American music and the "king of marches" John Philip Sousa, trombonist and composer Arthur Willard Pryor and others. Famous performers and composers regularly visited the enterprise. During this time, the C. G. Conn company expanded more and more. Every test (fire, financial crisis, etc.) was met with the founder's stubborn and resourceful character, and he again came out victorious. The colonel was known for unexpected inventions. Among them are the largest bugle and drum in the world, a rocking trumpet, as well as a sousaphone designed by John Sousa. One-handed saxophonist Al Miller received a unique saxophone from Conn, adapted to his needs. The first American saxophone and the first two-horn euphonium were first made by C. G. Conn. In 1915, Charles Conn's business was continued by the energetic innovator and promoter of brass music, Carl Greenleaf, the new owner of C. G. Conn. It was he who managed not only to realize the potential invested by the founder, but also to provide the company with creative energy that is still inherent in the Conn-Selmer Corporation, Inc., the modern owner of the C. G. Conn brand. Today, thanks to the flexible pricing policy, both young and professional musicians can enjoy playing C. G. Conn instruments. At the same time, C. G. Conn brass instruments are one of the popular brands even in the Hollywood film industry. Among the modern instruments of C. G. Conn are various types of trumpets, saxophones, trombones, horns, tubas, sousaphones, flugelhorns, clarinets. There are also unique models developed in cooperation with the best world musicians. In particular, the Conn 88HCL professional trombone, in the production of which, based on the classic model, Christian Lindberg participated. Contemporary musicians of C. G. Conn include Phil Brown (horn, USA), Megumi Kanda (trombone, Japan), Dawn Marie Lindblade and Anna Roach (clarinet, USA) and others.