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Conn-Selmer plant in Elkhart (WSBT photo) (December 3, 2012)

ELKHART – New jobs could be coming for a musical instrument maker in Elkhart.

The Conn-Selmer company is looking to expand.

Monday night, the Elkhart City Council was to consider a tax abatement request made by the company.

It could end up meaning 23 new jobs. 

Average pay for those new jobs is about $16 an hour, well below the average Conn-Selmer was paying before a year-long strike in 2008 and ’09 that led to the end of the union there.

A final decision on the tax abatement isn't expected for 2 weeks.