Susie, definitely agree that Stan & Co are wonderful folks. It was probably 1977 when I first got on their mailing list. Last time I was actually in the store, I offered my customer number to the sales clerk. I said, "xxxx" and he waited for the extra digits. They are up to six digits or more now, and he had never encountered such a low number. All of my Martin guitars (now long gone) and our Rainsong came from Elderly. When we still had family in Michigan and were visiting routinely, a day trip from Ann Arbor up to the store was always part of any visit. It is probably a good thing for my wallet that they are far away now!
I used to get all of their catalogs (instruments, CD's, etc were separate issues) and kept most of them. I still look forward to and often re-browse the annual catalog that I get. Thinking about it it has been a while, and there was nothing included with my last order a couple of months ago. Maybe they've stopped doing print catalogs in this digital age. 
Though they still technically have customer numbers, with their new system, they aren't as dependent on them. They no longer issue catalogs.
I think I still have a few of their old catalogs laying around somewhere...
