Martin Committee II Alto Saxophone Renovated Lion and Crown SN 139XXX, ca 1939

Description

Reasonable offers consider I think it is priced fairly considering the price of a rebuildable sax in this condition, new pads and springs, labor to restore and 13% Ebay fees, and a little profit for me.
Questions answered, More photos provide on request.
There is at least one good review (Matt Storer) of the Martin Comm 2 Alto on youtube
I have spent a lot of time, cleaning, key fitting, regulating and play testing this instrument.  Time to find it a new home.
These saxophone renovations are winter projects for Good Fortune Farm to keep me occupied in the winter when I am not farming.
For consideration: an original lacquer playing condition 1939 Martin Committee 2 Alto  I purchased it in good physical condition with old pads.
There is some accumulated wear over the decades.  Minor scratches, loss of lacquer on typical touch areas. Where the lacquer has worn off the raw brass has oxidized. The Nickel key work also shows it age.  ITis still shine but nickel seems to fade a bit and difficult to polish
I opted to not try to super polish this one I don't think there was much benefit as it would be easy to over polish and cause more potential for further degradation.
For and 85 year old instrument it is in very nice shape.
According to Saxophone dot org sax museum serial number list, the The Martin Committee 2 design was only manufactured for a short period of time 1939-1942 Serial Numbers around 132000-144000 a total of only 12,000 instruments spread out between Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Baritone.  This is only an approximation, the COMM II identification was used on a variety of Martin wind and brass instruments in a broader range.
This is a huge technical advance from the opposite bell key designs of earlier.  One of the earlier models with bell keys on the same side. The Upper stack is especially a step ahead, with a three layer design vs the earlier single rod upper stack.
Includes Saxophone, number matching neck (no pull down), original tenon plug and case suitable for shipping with plenty of padding.  I would recommend adding additional padding or a new more secure Protec type case.
The case exterior is in acceptable condition and  the interior is in good condition with some of the padding compressed over time.
Features solid nickel keys which are much stiffer than brass (Not just plated).  Very cool Art deco key guards. Unique Register key high C# adjuster.  Front " fork F"
Brass body with about 85-90% original lacquer the engraving is crisp and depicts a Lion and Crow and MARTIN
The upper thumb touch is a very cool and ergonomic design found only on Martin Saxes
The lower thumb hook is adjustable as well
The B touch piece has hair line crack shown in the last photo.
The neck tenon was refit for an air tight seal
The tone holes are rings soldered onto the body tube.  I did not detect any leaks due to deterioration of the solder.  The interior of the body tube was very tidy so I suspect it was well maintained and interior dry so less likely galvanic corrosion would occur.  From play testing I did not notice any playability issues that could be attributed to weakened tone hole solder.  Note pop right out.
New pads are from Music Medic : Sax Gourmet Black Roo with Maestro Star air tight tight gold plated resonators
New Springs blue steel from Music Medic
Image #19 depicts the unique C# Adjuster screw.  This is only activated when the thumb register key is depressed it can be adjusted to completely close the upper stack C# cup or partially close it.  You can fine tune it by playing C# and turning the adjuster with a screw driver.
Later photos show it disassembled for one last clean, lube, adjustment and regulation 1/23/24 before going to EBAY.  You can see the fresh pads with some tone hole seating.
This instrument was mechanically sound when I purchased it so I performed what most would call a rebuild or repad but I would categorize as a renovation.,  I cleaned inside and out, polished, aligned the key work, freed any binding rods, cleaned the rods, screws and tubes of all the keys, relaced all springs. The rods were rust free as show in one of the photos
I then replaced all the pads and spring,
I have not refaced the post or rods, and no replating which I would consider the next level of mechanical restoration.  No new rods or screws as well.
All the corks, felts and regulation material were replaced with modern equivalents
1. Synthetic tech cork on most keys where cork was used, some places thicker natural cork was used.
2. Black Felt buffers and disks.
3. Teflon on a few contact points reduce friction.
4. Thin Teflon to protect keywork that is between guides (Side Bb).
5. Ultra suede under several keys and feet to reduce noise and reduce any bouncy keys.
6. All Rods, tubes and screws were cleaned and relubricated with Alisyn heavy duty key oil.
7. All pivot screws and rollers were cleaned and lubricated with Ultimax Pivot and roller lubricant.
8. During the cleaning process all the springs were removed and coated with oil when reinstalled.
9. All the flat spring are original to the instrument and the screw securing the flat springs were free and lubricated during reassembly.
The end result is a tight and quiet instrument with a full velvety tone and light operating keys The key timing is excellent with almost no delay between activating a key and the key closing.
International shipping as seller's discretion based upon buyer's history.