Music Man Trombone - Martin Indiana

fatherttam · by **fatherttam** » 2023-02-28 4:09 p.m.

i have a Martin Indiana used in the music man. has anyone seen another one from the movie before orhave any idea of value?

BGuttman · by **BGuttman** » 2023-02-28 5:58 p.m.

Indiana was the student grade Martin. I have a bell from one. Not going to be valuable unless you can prove the instrument was used in the film or the Broadway production.

fatherttam · by **fatherttam** » 2023-02-28 6:05 p.m.

it has the engraving from the movie production. "Made by RMC for the filming of Meredith Willson's 'The Music Man' by Warner Bros"..

JohnL · by **JohnL** » 2023-02-28 7:37 p.m.

That's more of a question for an expert in movie memorabilia. As a trombone, it's not particularly valuable.

fatherttam · by **fatherttam** » 2023-02-28 8:54 p.m.

got it. thanks!

brassmedic · by **brassmedic** » 2023-02-28 11:36 p.m.

What happened to the other 75 of them?

andym · by **andym** » 2023-03-01 5:52 a.m.

There’s someone on eBay selling a Martin Imperial with engraving that says something like Official Music Man Movie… but it is hard to read. They are trying to get $2500. You might search for completed auctions to see if you can find an actual comparable horn and the price it sold for.

Regardless of what it is worth, it is a cool horn. I had no idea that they made some specially for the movie. They must have assumed that no one could possibly read the engraving on the screen.

JohnL · by **JohnL** » 2023-03-01 12:20 p.m.

[quote="andym"]There’s someone on eBay selling a Martin Imperial with engraving that says something like Official Music Man Movie… but it is hard to read. They are trying to get $2500. You might search for completed auctions to see if you can find an actual comparable horn and the price it sold for.[/quote]
Looks like it's "Official Music Man Model", Googling around, I'm seeing quite a few references to Martin instruments with that sort of marking (mostly saxophones, but a few trumpets and trombones as well). What the OP has is something different - it's marked as actually being made for use in the movie.

dcslideman · by **dcslideman** » 2023-03-01 1:01 p.m.

[quote="brassmedic"]What happened to the other 75 of them?[/quote]
Nice one! :lol:

sacfxdx · by **sacfxdx** » 2023-03-01 2:16 p.m.

[quote="brassmedic"]What happened to the other 75 of them?[/quote]

There was only one. The rest were CGI. :D :

andym · by **andym** » 2023-03-02 5:23 a.m.

Thanks JohnL. Sounds like they were marketing themselves using their association with the movie.

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