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| 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
3 years. He moved to Salina, Kansas where he married Jacqueline Sprecker
and fathered 3 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 M.r 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 2 years traveling to manufacturing facilities throughout the U.S. and Mexico. In 1981 Mr. Kanstul launched Kanstul Musical Instruments. The factory is located in southern California, one mile east of Disneyland. Kanstul Musical Instruments employs eighty craftsmen and manufactures a complete line of brass musical instruments. |
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