HornTrader's video: Martin Committee Deluxe SN 197855 1956

A stunning player with lightning fast valve action. It is a JAZZ players delight! https://www.horntrader.com/product/martin-committee-197855/ Masterly Overhauled by Charlie Melk Late 2017. Sherry at Artistic Engraving was retired. Her sister Cindy also engraves and she did the engraving restoration on the Deluxe Martin bell for me. The serial number of 197855 reflects the year of manufacture of 1956. Instruments with serial numbers between 140,000 and 210,000 are arguably the most valued horns for their playing but good horns were produced later and earlier than those dates. it is a deluxe (which can cut both ways). Martin didn’t start printing DELUXE on the receiver until 56′. Deluxe is identified by the Nickle Silver Receiver and the Bell Engraving. When Asked about the Martin Committee Renold Schilke said “ It was a designed by a committee of one, ME’ The Martin Committee trumpet was originally designed in the late 1930s for the Martin Band Instrument Company by a ‘committee’ of diverse players and teachers. The first advertisement for the Martin Committee ran in the December 1, 1940 issue of Down Beat. It listed the committee as follows: • Fred Berman, popular radio staff star, probably the busiest trumpet player and teacher in Boston. • Otto Kurt Schmeisser, formerly with the Boston and Detroit Symphony Orchestras, later a successful teacher in Detroit. • Jimmy Neilson, Band Director and Instrumental Instructor, Oklahoma City University – an outstanding trumpet and cornet artist. • Dana Garrett, formerly cornet soloist of the Sousa Band – now first trumpet, Capitol Theatre, Washington, D.C. • Renold Schilke, one of the most highly skilled artists in America, first trumpet with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. • Charlie Spivak, rated ‘tops’ by everybody who knows – now heading his own fine combination. The input of the committee was taken into consideration during the Committee trumpet’s design process. The horn became widely adopted in jazz music because of its warm, rich sound and flexible intonation. It has a unique sound that has been described as ‘dark and smokey’. Miles Davis played custom-made Committees throughout his career. Other notable players include Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Chet Baker, Lee Morgan, Maynard Ferguson, Art Farmer, Wallace Roney, and Chris Botti. When Martin was purchased by Leblanc, the original Committee design was discontinued and a new instrument carried the name. These horns were produced until 2007, when the Martin brand was dropped by Selmer who had purchased Leblanc in 2004.