Martin-Leblanc TR4501 Serial Numbers
- zeppelinflight7
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I came across a Martin-Leblanc TR4501 and I can't find a serial number table for this model anywhere. The serial number is 115656. Does anyone have/know the date of production for my horn? Maybe I didn't look hard enough, haha. Thanks for the help!
- DaveAshley
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- Joined: Aug 01, 2018
Normally, the later Martin numbers are the same as Holton numbers, since they were the same company. That number doesn't look like a Holton number, though. My 4501 has a 500,000 number from the mid 70's.
- Vegasbound
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4501 is the Urbie model. Great horns
- ArbanRubank
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- Joined: Feb 23, 2019
[quote="Vegasbound"]4501 is the Urbie model. Great horns[/quote]
Yes! But what a lot of people don't know is that there are two models. There is an early one with a 7 1/2" bell and straight hand-brace on the slide. There is another - later - model with an 8" bell and a curved hand-brace on the slide.
Both are excellent horns, but I believe the later model is the more highly coveted!
Yes! But what a lot of people don't know is that there are two models. There is an early one with a 7 1/2" bell and straight hand-brace on the slide. There is another - later - model with an 8" bell and a curved hand-brace on the slide.
Both are excellent horns, but I believe the later model is the more highly coveted!
- tbonesullivan
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- Joined: Jul 02, 2019
I kinda wish they were still made. Great horn designs should never be put to pasture.
- Vegasbound
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[quote="TimBrown"]<QUOTE author="Vegasbound" post_id="89223" time="1562684781" user_id="7093">
4501 is the Urbie model. Great horns[/quote]
Yes! But what a lot of people don't know is that there are two models. There is an early one with a 7 1/2" bell and straight hand-brace on the slide. There is another - later - model with an 8" bell and a curved hand-brace on the slide.
Both are excellent horns, but I believe the later model is the more highly coveted!
</QUOTE>
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I had a 71/2 inch bell short tuning slide and it had the curved hand brace on the slide, the first few years they offered options
4501 is the Urbie model. Great horns[/quote]
Yes! But what a lot of people don't know is that there are two models. There is an early one with a 7 1/2" bell and straight hand-brace on the slide. There is another - later - model with an 8" bell and a curved hand-brace on the slide.
Both are excellent horns, but I believe the later model is the more highly coveted!
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S
I had a 71/2 inch bell short tuning slide and it had the curved hand brace on the slide, the first few years they offered options
- mfellows821
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- Joined: Aug 13, 2018
I just bought a TR4501 to resell but it plays so well it is going to stay with me. It is serial number 549XXX and has a 7 1/2 inch bell - looks like normal tuning slide and curved grip. I have had two others come through with 8 inch bells and although I thought they played very well, it was not good enough to displace any horns I already have. This one plays low better and plays easier and more open in the high register. It is the lightest horn I have played and very nimble as a result.