Our research about manufacturers led us to Taiwan, where we visited every manufacturer we could find. There were many!! We finally settled
on a young manufacturer that we could see had great talent, capability, and who was also willing to do whatever we asked him.
This was very important
to us as we wanted to have our own instrument made from scratch. At that time, he only made a few sopranos for Europe. We wanted to change the quality
of instrument that was currently being produced. We wanted to use our own molds, key positions, alloys, etc. We'd say, "Lets make those screws stainless
steel", and they would reply, "Well, it will cost more", and we'd say "That's OK!" We eventually became partners by contract. From nearly nothing
we built this factory up together and formed "Cannonball". We decided to have fun with this name by using ideas and motifs from the Medieval Period. Eventually a
great new Cannonball facility was built in Taiwan.
