Company type | Private |
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Industry | Musical instruments |
Founded | 1905 |
Founder | Henry Charles Martin |
Defunct | 2007 |
Headquarters | |
Area served | United States |
Products | Band instruments |
Owner | Unused trademark of a publicly traded conglomerate |
Parent | Steinway Musical Instruments, Conn-Selmer division, Leblanc company |
The Martin Band Instrument Company was a musical instrument manufacturer in Elkhart, Indiana. The firm produced band instruments, including trumpets, cornets, fluegelhorns, trombones, and saxophones from 1908 through the 1960s. The brand was acquired by the Leblanc Corporation in 1971 and discontinued in 2007 after Leblanc's 2004 acquisition by Conn-Selmer.