The Martin Band Instrument Company was established in Chicago prior to 1891 and would be the oldest manufacturer of band instruments in America had production not been interrupted by the great Chicago Fire. In 1906 the compay was reestablished in Elkhart, Indiana. It was later sold to the Wurlitzer Compay and then purchased by Leblanc and moved to Kenosha, Wisconsin, in 1971. Martin is known today primarily for its Commitee Bb trumpets and the Urbie Green tenor trombone.