[59Martin]

So check out this horn:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Yanagisawa...cal-instrument-collection-354-MT/312769345226

It's definitely a Yani T-3 but with Martin carpet beater guards...

I know Yanagisawa made T880's stenciled to Martin, but this is a whole different beast.

Not my auction, just thought it was cool...

 

[1saxman]

That is wild. As near as I can tell, it has regular drawn tone holes so it was not made by Martin at all. Must have been a few of these made before the decision to go with the Yani 800 with the Martin name on it. Even those had only a short run. The action was fast and furious in those last days of Martin. I think a true Martin fanatic must have this horn as well as an 800.

 

[turf3]

Looks like a Conn 10M with a Martin low key guard. Are you sure it's Yanagisawa? All the mechanism looks like a 10M.

 

[StuartSax]

https://thesax.info/makesandmodelslist/2015/01/17/yanagisawa-3-series/

 

[whaler]

At least they through that idea out and went with the Selmer BA design with the T4.

 

[59Martin]

Thanks for the link, I hadn't seen pics of an T3 before I just assumed they were like the T4.

I agree whaler, the early Selmer BA style Yanis are great underrated horns.

 

[FredJG]

its surprisingly beautiful.