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According to the Banks article cited, Conn was known as "Gerard" prior to his Elkhart years. Given that, I propose that the article be renamed "Charles Gerard Conn" instead of the current "Charles G. Conn". Canute (talk) 18:57, 22 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It’s absolutely hilarious and absurd just how much stuff this guy did in his life. I used to only know the guy as an instrument manufacturer, but it turns out that he did a whole bunch of quite frankly zany things. 76.77.122.76 (talk) 01:19, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]