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Sadly he was wrong and faced bankruptcy in less than two years.
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With the success of ‘The Music Man’ on Broadway and the movie in the works, he had dreamed of a huge student horn boom. “In 1961, Paul Richards, a businessman with little band instrument experience, purchased three companies (Martin, Blessing, Reynolds and their factories) to produce as many student horns as possible.
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MBI did keep the serial numbers on a separate ledger. “During war production buildup in 1942, Martin dropped the Indiana Band Instrument logo, and subsequently, labeled the horns as “INDIANA by Martin”. The Indiana horns were of excellent quality (the Indiana saxophone, for instance, was a dead ringer for the older Handcraft Standard premium horn). Rather Martin brought older retired top-of-the-line models (with existing tooling) back to life. These were long before ‘student horns’ were ever conceived. “These entities were wholly owned by their parent, but at least in the case of MBI, both Martin and Indiana lines were built on the same line by the same craftsmen. Like Conn had done several years earlier with their Pan American brand, and then Buescher, with their Elkhart Band Instrument division, it allowed Martin to produce and market a line of less costly instruments to those who could not afford the premium Martin offerings. “In December 1928, in order to broaden their customer base, Mr Bassett (majority owner and G.M.) and Grandad incorporated The Indiana Band Instrument Company. This article quotes Greg Holtz, the grandson of the Martin Manager Fred Holtz: There is an informative article on the history of Indiana saxophones in the Bassic Sax blog: Indiana saxes were made in the main Martin factory in Elkhart. IBICo never had a separate existence from Martin and IBICo never had a separate factory. The Indiana Band Instrument Company was created in 1928 by the Martin management as a brand for their second-line instruments. The Martin Story - All there is to know about Martin saxophones The Martin Story website is an excellent resource for people who want to learn about Martin saxophones: My main sources have been “The Martin Story”, SaxPics, and SOTW. And of course there may be mistakes in what I am writing. None of this information is new or original - I’m just trying to put it all in one place. I thought I would write down what I have found out. The Indiana was the brand name for Martin’s second-line instruments.
I have been trying to learn more about Martin Indiana saxophones recently. Medalist serial numbers were reset at 200000 and sequenced with the rest of Reynolds’ instruments after the manufacturing moves to Abilene and Fullerton in 1964.Martin Indiana Saxophones Part 1 - The Indiana Band Instrument Company Early Medalist SNs range from 96897-137359. Medalist instruments were manufactured for RMC/Reynolds by EK Blessing (Elkhart, IN). SN 89695 with October 1959 warranty card. SN 79xxx trumpet corresponds to 1959 Roth-Reynolds catalog illustration, not 1958 catalog.
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See the primary Reynolds serial number table for other Roth-Reynolds instruments. Please note that this serial number sequence applies to the Roth *model line* and NOT to other instruments marked Roth-Reynolds that were made between 1952-1961. Reynolds”.īegin use of “Roth-Reynolds” name. SN 52811 last recorded “Regent” model horn (with exception of silver clarinet, which was produced well into the 1950s) SN 55696 last recorded “Roth” horn made by Ohio Band Roth SNs 55xxx-60xxx are branded “Made by F.A. Roth “Tone Tempered” produced with nickel-silver bell flare SNs 45xxx-53xxx. Scherl & Roth buys Ohio Band (w/FA Reynolds). SN 22877 first recorded Roth instrument (cornet). Production estimated at 3750 instruments/year for 1936-52. There is some crossover in the serial numbers of late Roth models and early Medalist production, presumably as Reynolds used up existing inventory of Roth production. When RMC-Reynolds introduced the Medalist line in 1961, they evidently continued using this secondary serial number sequence, adding another 50,000 horns before the company bankrupted and was sold in 1964.
For other model lines, see the Reynolds serial number sequence. Note that after c.1952, this sequence specifically applies to the Roth model instruments and not all instruments marked “Made by Roth-Reynolds”. This separate sequence was maintained for the Roth model line after Scherl & Roth took over Reynolds operations in 1946 and reached just over 95,000 horns made by 1961. Initially this included the Regent models and later the Roth line.
Instruments that were originally made under the Ohio Band Instrument Company name used a different serial number sequence than those produced by F.A.
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