Spam from Conn-Selmer

Liberty Lips · Heavyweight Member Joined: 12 Dec 2003 Posts: 983

I received the Keynotes newsletter today by email, for the first time, unsolicited. I can't help but suspect that my email was acquired by Conn-Selmer via some sort of harvest from Trumpetherald's (or possibly Trumpetmaster's) email database, in an attempt to sway opinion in the brass playing community regarding the Bach factory strike. Did anyone else here receive this email, unsolicited? If my suspicions are correct, how could they have hacked into the database?

Moderators · TH Moderator Group Joined: 31 Mar 2005 Posts: 3906

This moderator has received no such email.

In general, it's pretty hard to get someone's email address directly from TrumpetHerald.com. To the best of my knowledge, the only time the system discloses your email address is if you send someone an email through TH's email capability -- your email address is used as the Sender's email address. I think it would take a compromise of the site's security to harvest emails in the manner you suggest.

I'll give Todd a heads-up about this, but I suspect Conn-Selmer got your email from somewhere else.

Bob Sweet · Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 8:49 am Post subject:

I got the same email spam this morning. I am registered with Trumpet Corner (Karl Seiver's site) which is a Conn-Selmer thing and guessed that was the source.

Paul P · Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 8:53 am Post subject:

What's this email about?

Liberty Lips · Heavyweight Member Joined: 12 Dec 2003 Posts: 983

It's just a run-of-the-mill promotional mailer that has a few articles about practising and band playing, etc., along with promotional material about their instruments. Nothing nefarious, really, unless you've taken one side or another as far as the strike is concerned, and are a little bit paranoid (like I am), and tend to read between the lines, whether there is anything between the lines or not. But I was concerned about how they had gotten my email, in case it was a violation of this site's security. I don't think that I'm registered at Trumpet Corner, but I suppose it's possible.

Strad "07" · Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 9:59 am Post subject:

I got it also.
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Bach 37 with Blackburn 19-348 leadpipe
Bach CL 239/25H
Rudy Mück Citation
Schilke E3L

Tom LeCompte · Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 10:00 am Post subject:

I have not received such an email, and the address I use for TH is used only for TH.

Roy · Veteran Member Joined: 09 Nov 2003 Posts: 334

I got it also, but there was an unsubscribe option. It didn't bother me, so I did not unsubscribe.
Roy

Thermos · Veteran Member Joined: 02 Sep 2005 Posts: 300

I did not get it, and am a member at both trumpetherald and trumpet master.

SinfonianTrumpeter · Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 9:12 pm Post subject:

i got it too

Cheng · Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 4:10 pm Post subject:

I received it but I remember signing up. There was a post within the last couple of weeks linking to an article by Vincent Bach on tuming. In order to read it, one needed to sign on to the subscription.

If you looked at this article, then you probably signed up without realizing it.
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Yamaha 6345HSII;Yamaha 6445HGSII, Schilke E3L, Flugel Kanstul ZKF-1525;
Cornet Conn Connstellation (1967);
Piccolo Kanstul ZKT 1520
Mouthpieces Various Monette Prana 2's
Santa Rosa Wind Symphony
SRJC Orchestra

bandman322 · Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 7:04 pm Post subject:

I got it.

I have decided that I will never own another NEW instrument from Conn-Selmer. The company is no longer what we knew in the past. There are still companies out there that are trying to produce a decent horn while protecting both the emplyees of the company and the interests of the consumer. I'll choose to do business with them.
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Liberty Lips · Heavyweight Member Joined: 12 Dec 2003 Posts: 983

That's the way I feel about it. Kanstul, Schilke and Getzen are keeping the tradition alive, and I feel much better about supporting these fine makers of trumpets than those who have betrayed that tradition.

Ed Lee · Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 6:55 am Post subject:

dr_trumpet · Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 7:38 am Post subject:

Don Herman rev2 · Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 10:20 am Post subject:

I agree with Al, but why was a three-year-old thread dragged up?
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Cheng · Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 4:55 pm Post subject:

Did the above two posters notice the date of the previous post. It is almost 3 years old.
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Harry Marks
Yamaha 6345HSII;Yamaha 6445HGSII, Schilke E3L, Flugel Kanstul ZKF-1525;
Cornet Conn Connstellation (1967);
Piccolo Kanstul ZKT 1520
Mouthpieces Various Monette Prana 2's
Santa Rosa Wind Symphony
SRJC Orchestra