The Martin Indiana was considered Martin's student to intermediate line of horns, as compared at this time to the Martin Committee, Magna and slightly later Music Man (basically the same as the Martin Committee) pro horns. However, don't let this nomenclature dishearten you as it might with another make, as the Indiana is still considered a great horn, and used by many horn players as a pro horn. Martin really never made a stinker horn, regardless of the marketing designation as a student/intermediate or pro horn model.