old catalogs

[opus37]

Every once and a while someone on this net will reference an old catalog for an instrument brand. Are these old catalogs available and where might they be found?

[SousaSaver]

Are you looking for something in particular? Some of us have some old catalogs.

[opus37]

I have a 1910 Martin Eb and I know little of its lineage. I bought it 30 years ago for $20 at an auction. I've played it off and on for all those years. Now I'm trying to understand more about it. I know the Martin Band Instrument Story. I would like to see how they marketed this horn.

[Paul Scott]

I have a Martin catalogue from this era (actually a bit later than 1910, probably about 1916 or so). If you describe the instrument I can send you a scan of the appropriate page. Martin's marketing was in the same style as the other makers of the day. The brand was marketed by Wurlitzer in the 1920s.

[toobagrowl]

I wish Holton had an online website with the old magazines and history like what Conn and H.N. White have.