martin committee

commanchetruck · 05-06-2008, 07:47 PM

I have a Martin Committee with a serial number 152xxx (i forget right now). i think it is from around 1944 and it is ok shape, with the original case and mouthpiece. Is she worth anything?

MFfan · 05-06-2008, 09:09 PM

Yes, it is worth something. Maybe quite a bit. Suggest you go to ebay and search their completed sales in advanced search and see what they are going for. I think there are some currently on ebay. Rather prized horn by many.

commanchetruck · 05-06-2008, 09:31 PM

ok will do thanks

MFfan · 05-07-2008, 12:11 AM

Also, go over to trumpetherald and under the "Horns" thread you will find one entitiled. "Here's a list of on-line sources for Used Trumpets"
Long list of links to sellers, a number of which do list some used Committee's. For example, Quality-Brass has one for $2250, another for $1450; Trumpettrader has a 60 model for $2000: Wichita band instruments just sold one for $1850. Many forum members have them.

Gary Garcia · 05-15-2008, 01:28 PM

Hi, your committee horn 15xxxx is a 1946 era. If it has fancier engraving on the bell its the Deluxe model.The price depends on the condition, but if in good condition its a gteat horn ---Gar

Robert Rowe · 06-02-2008, 09:41 AM

Why, in Heaven's name, would you sell it? You're not a dreaded "speculator", are you?

Forget "what's it worth" (monetarily). Play that horn!

`~~~ Namaste ....
` Yogi Robt

aspires · 06-03-2008, 11:12 PM

Why not just put it on ebay and see? That's the plan right? Folks here aren't going to be able to help you nail down the Buy-it-Now price without thoroughly checking it out in person. If you aren't able to do that as a player yourself, you are unlikely to accurately say the things players look for to fetch that top price.

Perhaps I am incorrect in my assumption, but I see this pattern a lot... First-time posters probe these forums and then borrow phrases from it or refer potential ebayers to the forum where everybody raves about the horn.

I hope I am incorrect and you are just wanting to make sure all the grandkids are getting equal values in the inheritance, or whatever. But gosh... if all you are iterested in is "worth" do a search on ebay for what these things have historically sold for. The horn is only worth the sound that comes out of it (and by that standard, even my Bach 37 ain't worth a whole lot :P)

Don Christensen · 06-04-2008, 12:50 AM

05-06-2008, 07:47 PM	#1
commanchetruck New Friend Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 2	martin committee I have a Martin Committee with a serial number 152xxx (i forget right now). i think it is from around 1944 and it is ok shape, with the original case and mouthpiece. Is she worth anything?

05-06-2008, 09:09 PM	#2
MFfan Forte User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan Posts: 1,690	Re: martin committee Yes, it is worth something. Maybe quite a bit. Suggest you go to ebay and search their completed sales in advanced search and see what they are going for. I think there are some currently on ebay. Rather prized horn by many. __________________ Dave Rafferty Lemar Trumpet (peashooter-Conn?) Lyrical Trumpet (Tokan) Besson 609 Trumpet 1955-60 Besson 8-10 Trumpet 1948 Besson cornet 1946 King Master Cornet www.kalamazooconcertband.org

05-06-2008, 09:31 PM	#3
commanchetruck New Friend Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 2	Re: martin committee ok will do thanks

05-07-2008, 12:11 AM	#4
MFfan Forte User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan Posts: 1,690	Re: martin committee Also, go over to trumpetherald and under the "Horns" thread you will find one entitiled. "Here's a list of on-line sources for Used Trumpets" Long list of links to sellers, a number of which do list some used Committee's. For example, Quality-Brass has one for $2250, another for $1450; Trumpettrader has a 60 model for $2000: Wichita band instruments just sold one for $1850. Many forum members have them. __________________ Dave Rafferty Lemar Trumpet (peashooter-Conn?) Lyrical Trumpet (Tokan) Besson 609 Trumpet 1955-60 Besson 8-10 Trumpet 1948 Besson cornet 1946 King Master Cornet www.kalamazooconcertband.org

05-15-2008, 01:28 PM	#5
Gary Garcia Pianissimo User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: san jose,ca. Posts: 79	Re: martin committee Hi, your committee horn 15xxxx is a 1946 era. If it has fancier engraving on the bell its the Deluxe model.The price depends on the condition, but if in good condition its a gteat horn ---Gar

06-02-2008, 09:41 AM	#6
Robert Rowe Mezzo Piano User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 500	Re: martin committee Why, in Heaven's name, would you sell it? You're not a dreaded "speculator", are you? Forget "what's it worth" (monetarily). Play that horn! `~~~ Namaste .... ` Yogi Robt __________________ " ... Ya cain't polish a turd ...!" (old Southern expression) ~~ Love animals ... don't eat them. ~~

06-03-2008, 11:12 PM	#7
aspires Pianissimo User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 122	Re: martin committee Why not just put it on ebay and see? That's the plan right? Folks here aren't going to be able to help you nail down the Buy-it-Now price without thoroughly checking it out in person. If you aren't able to do that as a player yourself, you are unlikely to accurately say the things players look for to fetch that top price. Perhaps I am incorrect in my assumption, but I see this pattern a lot... First-time posters probe these forums and then borrow phrases from it or refer potential ebayers to the forum where everybody raves about the horn. I hope I am incorrect and you are just wanting to make sure all the grandkids are getting equal values in the inheritance, or whatever. But gosh... if all you are iterested in is "worth" do a search on ebay for what these things have historically sold for. The horn is only worth the sound that comes out of it (and by that standard, even my Bach 37 ain't worth a whole lot :P)

06-04-2008, 12:50 AM	#8
Don Christensen Pianissimo User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 70	Re: martin committee ed Last edited by Don Christensen; 01-22-2009 at 06:38 PM.

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