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Martin family sources claim that the Martin Band Instrument Company began in 1905. From about 1890 he worked for Conn as his father had done.

The eldest son of John Henry Martin was Henry Charles Martin (b. Henry Charles Martin and the Martin Band Instrument Company Because of ill health, he retired from making instruments in 1902 and died on November 25, 1910. Some of these companies were The Michigan Musical Manufacturing Company of Detroit, Michigan and the early York Band Instrument Company in Grand Rapids, Michigan. During this period his employment was sporadic and he worked for other instrument manufacturers. In 1876 the family moved to Elkhart, Indiana, where John Henry became an employee of C.G. The family lost everything and was reunited three days after the fire when they met on the shores of Lake Michigan. In 1871 the original Martin factory was destroyed by the great Chicago fire. It is believed that Martin was the first maker of musical instruments in Chicago. In 1855 he emigrated to the United States and followed his trade, first in New York by establishing 'The Martin Company' then during the later part of 1865 in Chicago. He learned to make instruments in the old way as an apprentice to the instrument maker Christian Hammig of Markneukirchen, Germany, from 1850–54, according to the archives of Musikinstrumenten-Museum. John Henry (Johann Heinrich) Martin was born February 24, 1835, in Dresden, Germany. Elkhart Saxophone Serial Numbers - Eagleasian. The Model 164 was the first tenor introduced around serial number 823000 (notice the lack of the “Omega” title. The The Model 162 Omega alto sax was the first model introduced.

From the early 1980s until approximately 2001 Selmer USA made their top-of-the-line saxes in Elkhart, Indiana. Only lettering on it I can see is 57846 LP on the back. View the manufacturing date ranges on serial numbers for many of our legendary brands. Once you have located the saxophone's serial number on the chart, you can locate its corresponding model name and manufacturing year by looking at the respective chart columns. And it is marked under the serial number with the model number of '20A'. You can see by the left-hand pinkie plateau and the bell key guard that it is a Buescher-built horn. 'The Elkhart' By Buescher Alto Saxophone.