Steinway Musical Instruments buys Kenosha, Wis.-based woodwind supplier.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) (viaKnight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) | July 23, 2004 | Copyright

Byline: Tom Daykin

Jul. 23--G. Leblanc Corp. of Kenosha, which moved from France to Wisconsin and grew to become a global supplier of clarinets and other woodwind instruments, has been sold to the maker of Steinway pianos for $36 million.

Steinway Musical Instruments Inc. of Waltham, Mass., announced Thursday that it has agreed to buy most of Leblanc's assets.

Leblanc, which makes band instruments under the Leblanc, Noblet, Vito, Holton, Martin and Yanagisawa brand names, expects to generate revenue of $28 million for 2004.

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