Taplin-Weir Inc.
No longer working out of Toronto or various locations in the United States, John Weir and his wife, clarinetist Patti Goodwin-Weir, have found their niche in Tidnish, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. Thanks to a high-speed Internet connection, their two storey house is the head office and manufacturing centre for John, an international clarinet-maker. The couple lives upstairs, and the main floor serves as factory, studio, and business office for the internationally known Taplin-Weir Inc.
The company's web site is its "face to the world," and almost all orders and transactions take place on the laptop. All raw materials arrive at Taplin-Weir by courier, and the finished clarinets go out the same way. The Weirs put their first clarinets in the market in 2006, and the business continues to grow in the international marketplace.
