Notes on the Robert Martin:

I'm extrodinarily happy that you sent me more pictures of this beautiful horn, especially of the neck.  However, rather than helping matters, it confuses things more -- but helps me in a different respect.

Let's look at what we know:
* The horn has original red pads without resonators.  As far as I'm aware, in my research of about a dozen or so French manufacturers, there's only one company that ever used red pads: Dolnet.
* The horn has needle springs.  This is a hallmark of many horns, but it allows me to comfortably place the horn in the 1950's.
* The G#/C#/B/Bb cluster is of a design that's found on the Buffet saxophones.  True, the Selmer has a similar design, but the Super Balanced Action, which I would assume to be in the same era as this horn, has a patented G# cluster.