Info on Martin Indiana tenor sax?
Lora
wondering how much it would be worth, and what kind of quality this
sax is in general? It has been completely overhauled, and is in good
shape. While I didn't have a mouthpiece to actually play it, I did
test the action of the keys, and was amazed how easily they're reached
(I'm primarily a clarinet player with small hands). I need something
good enough to play lead tenor in my college big band and combo, but
something affordable. I currently play a Mark VI (school horn) but
would like to own my own. How do they compare?
Thanks!
Paul Lanfermeijer
The opinions on a Martin Indiana are somewhat different: some say it is a
student-model some other say it is an underestimated sax!
You have to take a look at the site of Edwin van Drunen about the Martins:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~adasof09/
I play an indiana tenor (with indian-chief head on the bell) with serial
46XXX and I like it: the sound, the adjustable thumb-rest and its action!
Take a look at Ebay for some price-indices: depending on quality of the horn
between 300- 500 USD.
greetings,
paul
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Thx Paul
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Stephen Howard
<the.mar...@spammzonnet.nl> wrote:
>Well it's Edwin van Druten, but for the rest the info is allright *:o)
>Thx Paul
It's an interesting site too!
I've just got a consignment of vintage horns in for sale and there's a
few Martins in amongst the pile - I found your info most helpful.
If it's OK with you I'd like to put a link to your site from mine when
I get round to composing the links page.
Regards,
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Andy W
> I've just got a consignment of vintage horns in for sale and there's a
> few Martins in amongst the pile - I found your info most helpful.
Stephen:
If there's a vintage soprano in the pile,
I have cash waiting, even for an unrestored horn.
[And tell me about any half-decent tenors]
-Andy-
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Jazz tenor sax transcriptions, etc-
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Stephen Howard
wrote:
>Stephen Howard <sees...@email.uk> wrote:
>
>> I've just got a consignment of vintage horns in for sale and there's a
>> few Martins in amongst the pile - I found your info most helpful.
>
>Stephen:
>If there's a vintage soprano in the pile,
>I have cash waiting, even for an unrestored horn.
>
>[And tell me about any half-decent tenors]
>
The only Sop is a Earlham.
There's a Buffet SA tenor and a Martin ( The Martin ) tenor.. the rest
are altos.
There's an old Selmer soloist sop mouthpiece though, a C*.
There's a dead groovy flute in the pile.. a Deford, that comes with a
curved head joint.... but not one that's curved back but rather down!
The flute has a thumbrest, so you can play it in the sax position!
It feels distinctly odd - but it's better than my early experiments
with this format...where I soon found out that without a thumbrest the
flute tends to hit the deck when you hit C#.
IdigDex
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Andy W
and I hope you can tell us..
How did you "get a consignment of vintage horns in for sale"???
Estate sale? Pawn shop ?
Wind band closing down ? School music dept clear out?
I wish somebody would consign *me*
a whole pile of vintage horns to dipose of.....
-A-
Stephen Howard
wrote:
>You just made me curious, Stephen,
>and I hope you can tell us..
>
>How did you "get a consignment of vintage horns in for sale"???
>Estate sale? Pawn shop ?
>Wind band closing down ? School music dept clear out?
>
>I wish somebody would consign *me*
>a whole pile of vintage horns to dipose of.....
>
It's a client of mine, her father passed away recently - and for some
years he'd been collecting instruments by way of a hobby.
Some look promising, others less so.
I don't usually deal in sales, but as these instruments are somewhat
unusual I said I'd handle them.
As for a bass clari, no, sorry, they're all standard Bb jobbies.
IdigDex
The Martin
Glad you enjoy(ed) it.
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Stephen Howard
<the.mar...@spammzonnet.nl> wrote:
>Be my guest....
>Glad you enjoy(ed) it.
Very much so - I've spent the best part of this morning playing with a
Committee ( The Martin ___ ) tenor - and I have to say that there was
much to-ing and fro-ing between it and my faithful Yamaha23.
I'm seriously tempted - the Martin has a darker, fuller sound with
still plenty of cut, but the Yamaha has a gorgeous clarity that really
'rings'.
What would perhaps clinch it would be a complete rebuild of the
Martin, removal of a dodgy old lacquer job ( most of which would go
during the necessary soldering jobs anyway ) and a gold plate.
That's a lot of work, and although the Martin is a lovely horn it's
not so lovely that it absolutely grabs me.
I at least have the luxury of being able to play the horns over the
coming weeks. Time will tell.