1936 Martin Committee I Skyline Tenor Saxophone
Here are the pictures you asked for. The plating on the key work for these models is nickel, not silver. I have never seen one that had silver plated key work (the one in the listing you showed me had nickel plated key work in spite of the claim in the listing) and I have never seen one whose key work was not heavily pitted as this one is.
But if you look here, at this completely rebuilt 1937 Martin Skyline tenor, you can see how they clean up. The pitting will always be there, but the heavy polishing will clean them up and get rid of the verdigris (the green stuff.) By the way, the description of that completed 1937 Martin says it all about these horns really. They are wildly underrated.
I also took a picture comparing the bell flare of this model to a "normal" tenor. You can see how much smaller the Skyline model bell flare is, but it is purely cosmetic, it does not adversely effect the projection of the horn in anyway whatsoever.
The last photo shows the straight body tube.
In summary, no bends, no broken solder joints (although there may be leaking tone hole joints as is always a possibility with any Martin), the horn is in good physical condition with older pads and will need all new needle springs as is normal in my opinion for all old Martins. It is currently unplayable. The horn needs a complete Overhaul to be in proper playing condition.
$1000.00
Here are the pictures you asked for. The plating on the key work for these models is nickel, not silver. I have never seen one that had silver plated key work (the one in the listing you showed me had nickel plated key work in spite of the claim in the listing) and I have never seen one whose key work was not heavily pitted as this one is.
But if you look here, at this completely rebuilt 1937 Martin Skyline tenor, you can see how they clean up. The pitting will always be there, but the heavy polishing will clean them up and get rid of the verdigris (the green stuff.) By the way, the description of that completed 1937 Martin says it all about these horns really. They are wildly underrated.
I also took a picture comparing the bell flare of this model to a "normal" tenor. You can see how much smaller the Skyline model bell flare is, but it is purely cosmetic, it does not adversely effect the projection of the horn in anyway whatsoever.
The last photo shows the straight body tube.
In summary, no bends, no broken solder joints (although there may be leaking tone hole joints as is always a possibility with any Martin), the horn is in good physical condition with older pads and will need all new needle springs as is normal in my opinion for all old Martins. It is currently unplayable. The horn needs a complete Overhaul to be in proper playing condition.
$1000.00