I just finished up an overhaul on a 1938 Committee II in excellent shape and was struck by its beauty, both as I worked on it and as a completed and playing musical instrument.
Matt, thanks for sharing the story and the pictures. This week I completed overhauls on an alto/tenor pair of Martin Comm I's and a Comm II tenor. All three were in bad shape and required hours of dent work. They cleaned up nice and play like buttah. With a more aggressive mouthpiece, they'll scream, too.
The Comm I and II are basically the same horns with different bell flares. In my opinion, the Comm II is the most beautiful Martin model due to its key guards.
Yep, Comm II are the pretty ones! If only I could find a gold plated one. I have some II altos and one has the original lacquer in great shape and it is the darkest richest gold I have seen.
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