LIST BACH S TRUMPETS & CORNETS 14 1925 12000 1953 Moved from Bronx to Mt. Vernon 200-400 1926 Apollo Models 13600 1955 500 1926 30000 to 33000 1955 Mercury Models 600 1927 19500 1960 900 1928 21000 Purchased by Selmer 8600-8700 1928 Apollo Models 24000 1964 1450 1930 30000 1965 Moved to Elkhart 2250 1935 50000 1000 1939 Mercury Models 100000 4650 1940 112000 5500 1941 175000 1980 6500 1945 200000 1981 9100 1950 230000 1983 250000 1985 336000 1990 420000 1994 BENGE S BLESSING INSTRUMENTS TROMBONES 1st trombone 1929 200 1933 400 1935 1600 1940 2200 1942 2500 1945 3450 1950 4500 1955 5700 1960 5950 6900 1964 8000 1965 11800 17500 25000 1977 39000 1979 41000 1980 55000 1983 65000 1985 91000 1990 115000 1994 Up to 10,000 Before 10,000 12,000 14,000 18,000 21,000 1977 26,000 1978 30,000 1979 34,000 1980 SOLD 241509-52000 Sept. 1946 to une 1950 252001-68000 une 1950 to une 1955 268001-93000 une 1955 to une 1960 293001-130550 une 1960 to an. 1964 130551-171616 an. 1964 to an. 171617-218000 an. to an. 218001-281228 an. to an. 1980 Serial numbers prior to 1946 are unavailable BUESCHER/BUNDY S This list includes Bundy saxophone starting in 1952, Bundy and Mercedes sousaphones to date. This does not include student instruments produced under Elkhart label by Buescher. The first Buescher horns were manufactured in 1888. Serial numbers up to approximately 4000 were produced prior to the fire at the Buescher plant in 1903 when all files were destroyed. Serial numbers were started at 5000 in the new building in 1905. 5000 1905 11250 1910 25103 1915 (union label) 61255 1920 175275 1925 255250 1930 269000 1935 291000 1940 303000 1945 332000 1950 350000 1955 360000 1960 381000 (Buescher purchased by Selmer) 408818 1965 520000 630000 785000 1980 875000 1983 220
221 LIST 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1912 1913 BRASS 39632 41506 43393 45080 46572 47880 49539 51590 53895 56375 59198 61677 64179 66495 68978 71718 73814 75600 77423 79257 81723 83688 85996 88523 32000 39000 60000 FLUTES 13703 14020 14338 14567 14810 15015 15239 15571 15724 16062 16307 16506 16715 16977 17339 17637 17866 18141 18487 18800 18960 19226 19344 19600 REEDS 10948 10994 11436 11843 12163 12476 12797 13184 13452 13865 14328 14793 15261 15682 16228 16678 17162 17600 18060 18497 18894 19437 20062 20425 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1940 1944 1948 1918 1930 BRASS 93415 98316 100679 103990 104183 108455 111174 114261 116945 119411 121910 125285 128009 131460 134299 136685 138565 140164 141820 145643 FLUTES 20132 20431 20588 10794 20936 21090 21415 21672 21907 22146 22320 22541 22698 22786 22830 22936 23056 23264 23520 23659 24500 REEDS 21182 21605 2 22192 22406 22918 23490 24064 24730 25144 25661 26172 26824 27339 27874 28696 29458 29809 30403 30981 35142 36000 50900 AGE OF INSTRUMENTS BOOSEY & CO. 1891-1934 HAWKES BRASS 110800 117600 128815 135500 145000 155000 163000 176000 193000 100700 111300 124350 130000 135000 1870 1875 1883 1886 1890 1895 1898 1905 1921 1931 1944 1948 BESSON BRASS 3070 9000 9300 9950 1900 1908 1912 10800 12600 13950 14659 & 15088 1916 1924 1935 1940 BESSON TROMBONES BRASS 145199 146673 148811 151140 153435 155743 157774 159290 159898 160568 161408 162913 165575 169451 172247 174903 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1945 1947 1948 1949 1950 BRASS 177608 180519 182842 185201 192569 211560 238659 269345 288450 303448 326600 370000 443000 460000 475000 WOODWIND 52931 115630 183400 265000 277000 298000 311500 330000 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 BRASS 490000 515000 529000 540000 566000 586000 590000 615000 635000 650000 663000 670200 689300 744000 WOODWIND 350000 375000 395000 412000 435000 447000 466000 486000 500000 515000 526800 542100 652900 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1986 BOOSEY & HAWKES BRASS & WOODWIND 1935-1986
LIST BUFFET S SAXOPHONES CLARINETS (French) OF MFG. 2925 1952 3115 1953 3390 1954 3763 1955 4226 1956 4817 1957 5392 1958 6172 1959 6808 1960 7416 8656 9669 10064 1964 11749 1965 12778 13766 14487 15347 16323 17319 18445 19787 21441 22687 24417 26151 1977 27280 1978 28733 1979 30190 1980 31539 1981 32961 1982 33924 1983 34664 1984 35733 1985 S OF MFG. 1-2500 (est.) 1929 2501-4999 (est.) 1930 5000-7499 (est.) 1931 7500-9999 (est.) 1932 10000-12500 (est.) Records 1933 12501-15000 (est.) were lost 1934 15001-18000 (est.) in WWII 1935 18001-20000 (est.) bombing 1936 20001-22000 (est.) raid. 1937 22001-24000 (est.) 1938 24001-26000 (est.) 1939 26001-27000 (est.) 1940 27001-28000 1940-1945 About 3000 per year 1945-1957 58835 1958 59144 1959 62458 1960 65957 69718 75320 78094 1964-93206 99332 105618 111417 117748 126210 133904 143518 153324 163568 173827 1977 183902 1978 191873 1979 201532 1980 210653 1981 2212615 1982 234696 1983 250372 1984 S OF MFG. 266397 1985 270634 1985 277483 1986 292268 1987 302624 1988 312700 1989 324770 1990 337911 1991 352251 1992 367800 1993 CALICCHIO S 1927-1947 Numbers 1,000 to 1,300 1947 on 1,400 to about 2,600 At time of Dominic s Death (1979) Serial numbers are not necessarily consecutive 222
LIST CONN Guide for determining the approximate age of Conn band instruments. CUP MOUTHPIECE INSTRUMENTS REED INSTRUMENTS CONN CUP MOUTHPIECE INSTRUMENTS - present 1 700 1,700 3,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 8,000 9,000 10,500 12,000 13,000 14,000 16,500 18,000 20,000 22,500 25,000 27,500 29,000 34,000 40,000 46,700 52,000 58,000 66,700 71,000 76,000 82,000 88,000 94,000 100,000 106,000 111,000 116,000 121,000 126,000 130,150 132,400 137,000 SHPG. 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1912 1913 1915 142,575 146,600 155,000 165,900 169,500 175,500 190,450 198,475 206,700 219,850 230,900 239,500 252,900 263,200 273,700 280,130 281,360 289,743 294,687 300,690 307,996 315,575 322,650 324,859 327,850 338,500 348,150 354,600 355,500 355,750 355,850 366,650 376,100 383,650 389,600 396,300 393,301 420,057 427,301 500,001 571,850 SHPG. 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 3,900 4,400 5,100 6,700 8,500 9,600 10,800 12,000 13,000 15,400 17,800 21,200 22,500 25,000 30,000 35,000 40,000 50,000 58,000 64,000 83,000 101,775 124,600 145,400 167,900 1957 1958 1959 1960 1964 SHPG. 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1912 1913 1916 1917 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 CONN CUP MOUTHPIECE and REED MOUTHPIECE INSTRUMENTS 1957-652002 718626 779657 834200 898556 949465 C00501 C73854 193,450 209,250 224,600 237,800 244,700 249,230 256,501 260,000 263,500 271,000 278,000 284,000 285,000 288,300 295,250 304,500 309,250 309,300 310,200 314,000 320,000 327,150 332,150 337,250 341,850 341,851 354,742 359,251 500,001 571,750 1965 SHPG. 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 E54106 H31247 K35274 L20454 M Prefix N Prefix P Prefix R Prefix 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 GA30000 GA40000 GA50000 GA60000 GA70000 GA80000 * * 16500-23430* 23431-33388* 33389-45521* 45522-58991* 58992-68841* 68842-76617* & Prefix 37 76618-81115* & Prefix 38 GE Serial # s Gone from Elkhart Made in Abilene, Tx From 1987 to 1995, the prefix number plus 50 gives you the year of manufacture. From 1996-2000 5 preceeded the serial number. From 2001 on the prefix was dropped entirely. *1980 to 1986 serial numbers are for student trumpet and cornets only. Other cup mouthpieces are not available at this time. CONN SAXOPHONES - present 83000-894960 91314-989920 98993-1118200 111821-1286910 128692-1450010 145002-1547530 154954-1700730 170074-1843360 184337-2012070 201208-2212430 221244-2401410 240142-2614650 261466-2731780 3811713-3821881 From 1988, the prefix number plus 50 gives you the date of manufacture. 223
LIST FOX S The number indicated for each year represents the serial number of a bassoon shipped at the beginning of that year. Both Fox and Renard bassoons use the same sequence of numbers. Fox and Renard oboes and Fox contrabassoons each use their own number sequences. Bassoon 1951 No. 1 1952 No. 2 through No. 13 1953 Records for 1953 and 1954 are incomplete 1954 1955 No. 245 1956 No. 318 1957 No. 365 1958 No. 444 1959 No. 502 1960 No. 551 (First plastic bassoon: No. 638) No. 640 No. 763 No. 890 1964 No. 1018 1965 No. 1169 No. 1372 No. 1623 (First short bore bassoon: No. 1894) No. No. 2355 No. 2678 No. 2995 (First Renard Bassoon: No. 3013) No. 3402 No. 3934 No. 4438 No. 5059 No. 5815 1977 No. 6405 1978 No. 7030 1979 No. 7765 1980 No. 8511 1981 No. 9165 1982 No. 9965 1983 No. 10805 1984 No. 11385 1985 No. 12120 1986 No. 12906 1987 No. 13695 1988 No. 14495 1989 No. 15408 1990 No. 16410 1991 No. 17305 1992 No. 18439 1993 No. 3 1994 No. 20819 1995 No. 22030 1996 No. 23240 1997 No. 24575 Oboe No. 255 No. 380 1977 No. 539 1978 No. 740 1979 No. 934 1980 No. 1195 1981 No. 1455 1982 No. 1765 1983 No. 2082 1984 No. 2489 1985 No. 2988 1987 No. 3916 1988 No. 4514 1989 No. 5254 1990 No. 6112 1991 No. 6990 1992 No. 7775 1993 No. 8717 1994 No. 9700 1995 No. 10846 1996 No. 12016 1997 No. 13120 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1912 1913 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 507 612 655 720 783 873 1003 1125 1279 1436 1666 1889 2137 2408 2698 3002 3352 3804 4422 5002 HAYNES FLUTES & PICCOLOS Serial Numbers & Year Manufactured 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 5572 6120 6630 7099 7613 8191 8883 9469 10075 10655 11167 11641 11985 12259 12484 12854 14248 14748 15275 15639 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 16042 16464 17057 17799 17861 17890 18010 18487 19154 19929 20644 21456 22187 22820 23517 24326 25246 26214 27242 28334 1960 1964 1965 1977 1978 29359 30296 31238 32163 33033 33946 34788 35601 36439 37279 37975 38715 39506 40271 41006 41730 42419 43161 43926 224
LIST GUIDE TO AGE OF GETZEN INSTRUMENTS SERIES K SK A KB KT F EC SE KN KH BP M TP RA CF MB KTR P 1964- K101-K12100 SK101-SK4350 A101-A3190 KB101-KB550 KT101-KT4531 F101-F13850 - K12101-K31120 SK4351-SK13820 A3191-A8115 KB551-KB1309 KT4532-KT8506 F13851-F22698 EC101-EC410 SE7624-SE7827 KN101-KN440 KH101-KH300 BP101-BP146 - K31121-K61216 SK13821-SK26835 A8116-A6 KB1310-KB1890 KT8507-KT12206 F22699-F25630 EC411-EC1565 SE7828-SE12036 KN441-KN2173 KH301-KH1299 BP147-BP722 M101-M2930-1979 K61217-K81565 SK26836-SK36612 A7-A33453 KB1891-KB2465 KT12207-KT15895 F25631-F26272 EC1566-EC3638 SE12037-SE14784 KN2174-KN3700 KH1300-KH2485 BP723-BP1690 M2931-M14400 TP101-TP576 1980-1985 K61218-K113438 SK36613-SK43412 A33454-A45936 KB2466-KB2795 KT15896 F26273-F26828 EC3639-EC6306 SE14785 KN3701-KN4330 KH2486-KH3215 BP1691-BP3053 TP577-TP888 RA101-RA106 CF101-CF750 MB101-MB119 KTR200-KTR303 P101-P314 1986 K113439-K117787 SK44482-SK45121 A47586-A49686 KB2835-KB2862 F26828-F26828 EC6826-EC7212 KN4440-KN4499 KH3265-KH3314 BP3332-BP3610 RA424-RA924 CF980-CF1079 P344-P403 1987 K117788-K124213 SK45122-SK46566 A49686-A52777 KB2863-KB2982 EC7213-EC7792 KN4500-KN4589 KH3315-KH3454 BP3611-BP3875 RA925-RA1513 CF1080-CF1369 P404-P423 1988 K124214-K127562 SK46567-SK48371 A52778-A55603 KB2983-KB3052 EC7793-EC8465 KN4590-KN4698 KH3455-KH3527 BP3876-BP4043 RA1514-RA2271 CF1370-CF1599 P424-P463 1989 K127563-K131003 SK48372-SK50328 A55604-A57841 EC8466-EC9124 KN4699-KN4778 KH3528-KH3587 BP4044-BP4295 RA2272-RA2707 CF1600-CF1749 P464-P503 1990 K131004-K136176 SK50329-SK52542 A57842-A60425 EC9125-EC9605 KN4779-KN4828 KH3588-KH3618 BP4296-BP4445 RA2708-RA3173 CF1750-CF1902 P504-P533 SERIES K SK A EC KN KH BP RA CF P 1991 K136177-K137783 SK52543-SK53674 A60426-A61781 EC9606-EC9932 KN4829-KN4870 KH3618-KH3629 BP4446-BP4610 RA3174-RA4459 CF1903-CF1950 P534-P546 1992 (an.-feb.) K137784-K138260 SK53675-SK54099 A61782-A62070 EC9933-EC10044 KN4871-KN4887 KH3630-KH3653 RA3459-RA3464 CF1951-CF1989 P547-P576 3/92 (New Serial Numbers Started) 1993 P R P00100-P02064 R00100-R03428 P02065-P04496 R03429-R08463 2/21/01 G Serial Numbers Started 1994 P04497-P06921 R08464-R13540 Canadian Brass 1993 1994 CB10 1030595-1031094 1041095-1041524 CB11 1140001-1140045 CB12 123001-1230030 1240031-1240130 Getzen Marching Horns 1993 1994 A6884-A7076 A7077-A7166 B6022-B6190 B6191-B6465 D7044-D7165 D7166-D7265 E0100-E0189 F6322-F6388 H6962-H7021 K7056-K7075 K7076-K093 To help identify pre 1992 Getzen instruments in regards to serial numbers, we have listed below the following information: Series Letter Prefix Before Number 300 & 895 K (Knowlton) 900 SK (Severinsen/Knowlton) 580 & 590 A 310 KB 350 KT All Bugles -1 valve F 800 EC 950, 947 & 948, 925, 945 SE 998, 999 KN 896 KH (Knute Hovalt) 940 BP All Bugles - 2 valve TP Renaissance RA (Ray Amado) 357, 750, 951 KTR 540 P M (Moringo) 3001 (2000 2001) SG (Severinsen) 225
LIST FRANK HOLTON & CO. Instrument Serial Number by Year 0-253 Chicago 1901 254-475 Production 1902 476-525 1903 526-1150 1904 1151-1871 1905 1872-3344 1906 3345-4629 1907 4630-6070 1908 6071-9473 1909 9474-12401 1910 12402-15949 15950-20806 1912 20807-21099 1913 21100-31621 31622-33670 1915 33671-37908 1916 37909-41069 1917 41070-43972 1918 55000-55249 Elkhorn Plant opens 1918 43973-57600 1919 55250-57040 1919 *Serial numbers are not clear for 1920 and 1921 47601-49817 1920 57041-58499 1920 70000-70549 1920 49818-54999 1921 58500-59499 1921 70550-73199 1921 59500-60599 1922 73200-76099 1922 60600-61649 1923 76100-81000 1923 61650-62199 1924 81001-85600 1924 62200-62899 1925 85900-89849 1925 62900-63149 1926 89850-92799 1926 63150-63299 1927 92800-97199 1927 63300-63549 1928 97200-101399 1928 63550-63849 1929 101400-105199 1929 63850-64049 1930 105200-108399 1930 64050-64149 Last Year 1931 108400-111049 in Chicago 1931 111099 Elkhorn, WI 1932 113990 1933 115000 1934 117300 1935 118600 1936 120600 1937 122900 1938 125850 1939 132800 1940 140100 1941 151300 1942 154200 1943 154700 1944 154900 1945 156100 1946 165600 1947 182000 1948 198300 1949 210300 1950 220500 1951 232600 1952 243350 1953 254100 1954 269000 1955 281400 1956 293700 1957 307400 1958 315700 1959 326100 1960 337600 348400 358500 373700 1964 388950 1965 403351 536000 455750 467100 483100 496800 504201 519300 524600 529900 535200 542000 1977 548430 1978 553525 1979 # S FOR UPITER BAND INSTRUMENTS Production of upiter instruments began in 1986. From 1986 thru 1989, model numbers appearing on instruments were alpha-numeric beginning with the Letter S. (ie. STR-600ML Trumpet). From 1990 to the present, the sequence for the model number begins with the Letter (ie. TR-600ML Trumpet). During 1998, serial numbers also became alph-numeric beginning with the letter A. MODEL YR. 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 MODEL SEQUENCE BEGINS WITH LETTER S S S S SEQUENCE BEGINS WITH # / LETTER 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 A B 226
LIST MARTIN COMMITTEE MODEL MARTIN INDIANA MODEL VITO ALTO CLARINET MODEL 7165 VITO BASS CLARINET MODELS 7166 & 7168 VITO CLARINET MODELS: 7212, 7213, 7214, V40, CL612, CL614, 7242 Year Serial Number Year Serial Number Year Serial Number 1919 17,211 1920 19,482 1921 23,781 1922 29,942 1923 34,838 1924 40,644 1925 48,489 1926 67,852 1927 79,254 1928 86,687 1929 92,536 1930 98,324 1931 101,622 1932 105,096 1933 106,546 1934 108,301 1935 111,253 1936 116,551 1937 118,038 1938 126,998 1939 132,070 1940 136,040 1941 140,199 1942 144,455 1943 145,322 1945 145,352 1946 154,289 1947 161,520 1948 165,326 1949 170,395 1950 172,215 1951 175,410 1952 179,317 1953 183,125 1954 187,614 1955 193,747 1956 196,213 1957 201,917 1958 203,809 1959 205,377 209,089 211,675 213,999 218,855 1964 248,954 1965 300,102 301,119 305,102 Year Serial Number 1925 152342 1926 162852 1927 1 1928 485 1929 1027 1930 2982 1931 7119 1932 7943 1933 8726 1934 9584 1935 10758 1936 14526 1937 15396 1938 18861 1939 20563 1940 23231 1941 24572 1942 26643 1943 27982 1944 28850 1945 29944 1946 31244 1947 33147 1948 35190 1949 36895 1950 38905 1951 40525 1952 41693 1953 45824 1954 49586 1955 53615 1956 56162 1957 66749 1958 66727 1959 70988 1960 76224 81885 87850 89472 1964 90265 1965 90874 91550 Year Serial Number 1964 1207 1965 1644 1977 2386 2869 3567 4554 5582 6763 7388 7613 8298 1796 8684 1977 9131 1978 9506 1979 9751 1980 1040A 1981 1173A 1982 1415A 1983 1602A 1984 1801A 1985 1939A 1986 2099A 1987 2155A 1988 2291A 1989 2422A 1990 2552A 1991 2632A 1992 2824A 1993 2977A 1994 3086A 1995 3116A 1996 3198A 1997 3234A 1998 3345A 1999 0171A 2000 3586A 2001 3645A 2002 3738A 2003 3879A 1964 101A 1965 990A 2460A 3526A 4386A 7149A 8595A 9761A 1809B 2026B 4189B 5889B 1796 6950B 1977 7245B 1978 8366B 1979 9446B 1980 624C 1981 1402C 1982 2213C 1983 3110C 1984 3565C 1985 4903C 1986 5798C 1987 6631C 1988 7560C 1989 8545C 1990 9708C 1991 1174D 1992 2651D 1993 3667D 1994 5370D 1995 6266D 1996 7505D 1997 8898D 1998 0617E 1999 2161E 2000 4043E 2001 6354E 2002 8848E 2003 1225F A80000 - B00235 B00236 - B5 B6 - B43177 B43178 - B67359 1796 B67360 - B89670 1977 B89671 - C00000 1978 C11804 - C30365 1979 C30366 - C54833 1980 C54834 - C75803 1981 C75804 - D01578 1982 D01579 - D25635 1983 D25636 - E13604 1984 E13605 - A07632 1985 A07633 - A22037 1986 A22038 - A37938 1987 A37939 - A61456 1988 A61457 - A86496 1989 A86497 - B14492 1990 B14493 - B40076 1991 B40077 - B64823 1992 B64824 - B89436 1993 B89437 - C18260 1994 C18261 - C45957 1995 C45958 - C74050 1996 C74051 - D04016 1997 D04017 - D33263 1998 D33264 - D62070 1999 D62071 - D86150 2000 D86151 - E09559 2001 E09560 - E33519 2002 E33520 - E53900 2003 E53901-227
LIST KING - CLEVELAND The following information was compiled from serial number records which were not complete. Because of this, it is to be used as a guide or rough estimate of when a King or Cleveland model instrument was manufactured. It does not pertain to those models which were marketed under the Gladiator, American Standard, or other trademarks. Bb and BBb Tubas 1925-1930 1930-1935 1935-1940 1940-1945 1945-1950 1950-1955 1955-1960 1960-1965 1965- - Cleveland 1-610000 10001-630000 30001-640000 40001-645000 45001-650000 50001-665000 65001-100000 100001-160000 160001-420000 420001-600000 MEINL - WESTON TUBAS Sold thru Getzen C and CC Tubas Model 10 Model 11 Model 20 Model 25 Model 30 Model 32 Model 2155 3 Piston 4 Piston 4 Rotor 4 Rotor 4 Rotor 4 Rotor 5 Piston P-101 B-101 B-5001 C4-101 P-111 B-122 B-5011 C4-103 C5-101 P-242 P4-101 B-224 B-5051 C5-105 P-311 P4-111 B-307 B-5099 C4-114 C5-109 P-358 P4-121 B-404 B-5143 C4-115 C5-117 P-581 P4-158 B-524 B-5186 C5-124 P-653 P4-212 B-587 B-5208 C4-122 C5-126 P-856 P4-255 B-621 B-5220 C4-131 C5-131 P-931 P4-265 B-681 B-5246 C4-134 C5-137 P-1050 P4-311 B-739 B-5267 C4-135 C5-138 1977 P-1203 P4-368 B-802 B-5281 C4-195 C5-140 1978 P-1302 P4-419 B-841 B-5305 C4-200 C5-141 1979 P-1257 P4-450 B-883 B-5373 C4-203 C5-144 1980 P-13149 P4-490 B-1026 B-5382 C4-205 1981 P-13299 P4-533 B-1033 B-5383 C4-206 C5-150 1982 P-13150 B-1060 B-5395 C4-216 C5-153 1983 P-13240 P4-82592 B-1075 B-5407 C4-220 C5-158 1984 P-13344 P4-84380 B-1127 B-5429 C4-225 C5-165 1985 P-13362 P4-84694 B-1142 B-5439 C4-227 C5-167 1986 P-13424 B-1165 B-5449 C4-235 C5-172 1987 P-13460 P4-86213 B-1191 B-5481 C4-245 C5-182 1988 B-1216 B-5508 1989 P-13516 B-1239 CF-100 1990 B-1245 B-5529 CF-105 1991 B-1249 B-5533 C4-251 C5-188 CF-108 1992 B-1250 B-5552 C5-192 CF-109 1893-1915 1915-1925 1925-1930 1930-1935 1935-1940 1940-1945 1945-1950 1950-1955 1955-1960 1960-1965 1-650000 50000-678000 78001-126000 126001-161000 161001-220000 220001-275000 275001-305000 305001-340000 340001-370000 370001-406500 King MIRAPHONE Guide for determining approximate age of Mirafone brass instruments. No Numbers 1463-61666 1667-6 - 62198 2199-62406 2407-62680 2681-63033 3034-63493 3494-64106 4107-64833 4834-65779 5780-66560 6561-67559 7560-68143 8144-68832 8833-69502 9503-10093 10094-10546 10547-11062 11063-11486 11487-60000 1965- - -1980 1981-1982 1983-1984 1985-1986 after 1986 406501-457600 457601-511750 511751-850975 850976-906859 906860-976571 976572-999999 100000-159464 From 1987 to 1995, the prefix number plus 50 gives you the year of manufacture. From 1996-2000 5 preceeded the serial number. From 2001 onward the prefix was dropped entirely. BUILT Prior 1960 1960 1964 1965 1977 1978 1979 228
LIST OLDS-REYNOLDS Fullerton, CA Production Only HISTORICAL DATA ON PRODUCTION APPROXIMATE AGE CHARTS: Olds Reynolds Bugles 73000 80000 90000 100000 150000 200000 250000 300000 350000 400000 450000 500000 550000 600000 650000 700000 750000 800000 850000 900000 950000 970000 990000 999999 Mar.1952 ul. 1952 Feb. 1953 Oct. 1953 Aug. 1955 Nov. 1956 ul. 1957 Sep. 1958 un. 1959 Mar. Feb. 1964 Feb. 1965 un. un. un. un. un. un. Oct. Nov. Apr. Sep. Mar. 1977 Sep. 1977 200000 210000 220000 230000 240000 250000 260000 270000 280000 290000 300000 310000 314587 Nov. 1964 Nov. 1965 Oct. ul. May Nov. Apr. Aug. Oct. un. Sep. Aug. Oct. 1977 After producing over 1,000,000 instruments, the Norlin Co. closed its doors on uly 13, 1979. P.. LaPlaca Assoc. Ltd. purchased the sole rights to the F.E. Olds & Son label and is still producing instruments using the Olds and Reynolds label. 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 9000 10000 11000 12000 13000 14000 15000 16000 17000 18000 19000 20000 20886 Feb. Dec. Oct. ul. an. ul. Dec. ul. an. an. Apr. Nov. May Feb. Dec. Sep. May un. Nov. Feb. 1977 Oct. 1977 OLDS, REYNOLDS AND BUGLES IN CONSECUTIVE ORDER: A00001 A05266 A06741 A10066 A12537 Oct. 1977 Dec. 1978 an. 1978 Feb. 1978 Mar. 1978 A16496 A18163 A20876 A24530 A24606 Apr. 1978 May 1978 un. 1978 ul. 1978 Aug. 1978 A28375 A31565 A34616 A37470 A40550 Sep. 1978 Oct. 1978 Nov. 1978 Dec. 1978 an. 1979 229
LIST SCHILKE Prior to, Schilke Instruments were marked with the date of completion as the serial number. For example: a trumpet with number 4859 was actually dated as April 8, 1959. Beginning in a new numbering system was put into effect. The following list is a sequential account of the serial numbers followed by the year of completion. 1110-1212 1213-1218 1219-1221 1222-1225 1226-1269 1270-1281 1282-1285 1286-1290 1291-1302 1308-1422 1423-1508 1509-1570 1574-1575 1600-1629 1630-1999 2000-2044 2045-2220 2221-2226 2227-2234 2235-2236 2237-2510 2511-2766 2767-2846 2847-2858 2859-3143 3144-3609 3610-3618 3619-3647 3648-4163 4164-4637 4638-4649 4650-4703 4704-5255 5256-5816 5817-6293 6294-6923 1964 1964 1965 1965 6924-7346 7347-7261 7362-7594 7595-7613 7614-7713 7714-7723 7724-7736 7737-7747 7762-7769 7770-7793 7794-8595 20401-20496 20497-20899 20900-20971 21001-21016 21023-21047 21048-21052 21055-21074 21075-21090 21091-21099 21100-21421 22318-23139 23140-23359 23360-23367 23400-23985 23986-24635 24200A-24300A 230
LIST SELMER (PARIS) CLARINETS There is no definitive information available as to when particular types of instruments, such as the Model 55, the Radio Improved, Balanced Tone, etc., began insofar as serial numbers is concerned. Unlike some of the saxophone models, each clarinet is clearly marked as to its model. SELMER (PARIS) CLARINETS #400 1/1/27 #3070 1/1/29 #9999 1/1/31 L SERIES L1000 12/1/31 L2100 1/1/32 L3250 1/1/33 L4300 1/1/34 L5500 1/1/35 L6600 1/1/36 L7750 1/1/37 L8800 1/1/38 L9900 1/1/39 M SERIES M1000 2/1/39 M2400 1/1/40 During the WWII years, manufacturer was very sketchy, as are the records. The K Series was produced then. M3400 on during 1944 M6000 on during 1945 M8000 on during 1946 N SERIES N100 10/1/46 N1000 2/1/47 N2800 1/1/48 N4900 1/1/49 N6600 1/1/50 N8100 1/1/51 P SERIES P1200 1/1/52 P4200 1/1/53 P7400 1/1/54 Q SERIES Q1100 1/1/55 Q4350 1/1/56 Q7290 1/1/57 This Information is Provided Courtesy of: Ralph Morgan (b. 1924 - d. 2007) Springfield, OH 45505 R SERIES R1200 1/1/58 R6100 1/1/59 S SERIES S1150 1/1/60 S4160 1/1/61 S7390 1/1/62 T SERIES T1400 1/1/63 T5800 1/1/64 U SERIES U1100 1/1/65 U5700 1/1/66 V SERIES V1000 1/1/67 V4800 1/1/68 V7900 1/1/69 W SERIES W1700 1/1/70 W5900 1/1/71 X SERIES X1500 1/1/72 X6400 1/1/73 Y SERIES Y1200 1/1/74 Y6300 1/1/75 Z SERIES Z1100 1/1/76 Z5200 1/1/77 A SERIES A1000 10/1/78 to date Selmer Baritone Sax #969 4/1/27 Selmer C Melody #4000 4/1/27 Selmer Alto #4300 9/1/27 Selmer Soprano #5000 4/1/27 #6000 - Alto 11/1/27 #7000 - Alto 4/1/28 #8000 - Alto 12/1/28 #9000 - Baritone 11/2/28 #9000 - Soprano 9/25/28 To this point, each type had its own numbering sequence. Then the system was changed to include all types in one series of numbers. #10,000 6/12/29 #11,000 10/8/29 #12,000 2/28/30 #13,000 9/1/30 #14,000 4/1/31 #15,000 10/1/31 #16,000 4/7/31 #17,000 11/15/32 #18,000 7/15/33 #19,000 4/1/34 #20,000 3/27/35 #21,000 11/15/35 #22,000 4/10/36 #23,000 12/18/36 #24,000 5/1/37 #25,000 1/27/38 #26,000 10/10/38 #27,000 5/15/39 #28,000 9/8/39 #29,000 12/15/39 #30,000 10/15/40 WORLD WAR II #33,000 6/1/47 #34,000 10/6/47 #35,000 1/30/48 #36,000 11/1/48 #37,000 11/8/49 #38,000 4/30/49 #39,000 11/25/49 #40,000 5/11/50 #41,000 6/20/50 #42,000 12/5/50 #43,000 5/15/51 #44,000 11/9/51 #45,000 8/29/51 #46,000 3/1/52 #47,000 7/7/52 #48,000 8/28/52 #49,000 12/9/52 #50,000 7/24/53 #51,000 11/23/53 #52,000 2/10/54 #53,000 4/1/54 #54,000 7/30/54 #55,000 10/1/54 SELMER (PARIS) SAXOPHONES #56,000 11/11/54 #57,000 1/7/55 #58,000 4/27/55 #59,000 8/1/55 #60,000 10/21/55 #61,000 12/19/55 #62,000 2/25/56 #63,000 5/22/56 #64,000 9/20/56 #65,000 11/1/56 #66,000 2/21/57 #67,000 4/8/57 #68,000 6/20/57 #69,000 10/9/57 #70,000 12/3/57 #71,000 2/11/58 #72,000 4/10/58 #73,000 6/24/58 #74,000 8/20/58 #75,000 11/3/58 #76,000 2/1/59 #77,000 5/1/59 #78,000 7/1/59 #79,000 9/1/59 #80,000 11/1/59 #81,000 1/25/60 #82,000 2/10/60 #83,000 3/1/60 #84,000 4/10/60 #85,000 5/5/60 #86,000 6/28/60 #87,000 7/10/60 #88,000 8/1/60 #89,000 10/5/60 #90,000 3/16/61 #91,000 4/10/61 #92,000 7/20/61 #93,000 11/1/61 #94,000 1/2/62 #95,000 2/1/62 #96,000 3/2/62 #97,000 4/1/62 #98,000 5/1/62 #99,000 6/10/62 #100,000 7/14/62 #101,000 10/25/62 #102,000 11/18/62 #103,000 1/1/63 #104,000 3/1/63 #105,000 4/1/63 #106,000 7/1/63 #107,000 9/10/63 #108,000 10/15/63 #109,000 11/1/63 #110,000 1/2/64 #111,000 2/10/64 #112,000 4/1/64 #113,000 5/1/64 #114,000 6/1/64 #115,000 8/1/64 #116,000 9/28/64 #117,000 10/15/64 #118,000 11/17/64 #119,000 12/15/64 #120,000 4/23/65 #129,000 1/2/66 #137,000 1/2/67 #149,000 1/2/68 #160,000 1/2/69 #171,000 1/2/70 #182,000 1/2/71 #192,000 1/2/72 #204,000 1/2/73 #218,000 1/2/74 #231,000 1/2/75 #243,000 1/2/76 #256,000 1/2/77 #272,000 1/2/78 #282,000 1/2/79 #300,000 1/2/80 #327,300 1981 #340,200 1982 #353,300 1983 #366,400 1984 #378,800 1985 #391,000 1986 #406,000 1987 #000,000 1988 ADDENDA: 1924 Modele 1924 Ser. #957 shown in folder. Late 1924 Modele 22 Ser. #980 & #1524 known to exist. 1927 Modele 26 Ser. #3373 shown in folder. 1930 New Large Bore models. 1931 Cigar Cutter - First Super models. #14222 shown in folder. 1934 Still The Super 1935 Balanced Action 1947 Late 1954 Super Action Sax shown in folder. 1st Low A Baritone late 1951. 1954 Mark VI Mark VII 1981 Super Action 80 1986 Super Action 80/Série II 231
LIST ESTIMATED PRODUCTION CURVES FOR YORK BAND INSTRUMENTS The estimated production curves for the York band instruments are based on instruments for which serial number and date of manufacture are known, as well as on an estimation of monthly output in the early part of the century and a correlation of serial numbers with patent dates which appear on certain York instruments. Six separate yearly production rates are plotted, and it is expected that the year of manufacture can be estimated from these production curves. For example, an instrument with the serial number 28,000 could have been made between the years 1904 and 1910, depending on the actual rate of production. The yearly production rate of 2750 instruments comes the closest to meeting all the criteria used to establish this table, but variations in yearly production are not known, so the range of dates is probably more accurate. YORK BAND INSTRUMENTS Year 2500 Instruments a Year 2700 Instruments a Year 2750 Instruments a Year 2800 Instruments a Year 2900 Instruments a Year 3000 Instruments a Year 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1912 1913 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 9,500 12,500 14,500 17,000 19,500 22,000 24,500 27,000 29,500 32,000 34,500 37,000 39,500 42,000 44,500 47,000 49,500 52,000 54,500 57,000 59,500 62,000 64,500 67,000 69,500 72,000 74,500 77,000 79,500 82,000 84,500 87,000 89,500 92,000 94,500 97,000 99,500 102,000 104,500 107,000 109,500 112,000 1,300 4,000 6,700 9,400 12,100 14,800 17,500 20,200 22,900 25,600 28,300 31,000 33,700 36,400 39,100 41,800 44,500 47,200 49,900 52,600 55,300 58,000 60,700 63,400 66,100 68,800 71,500 74,200 76,900 79,600 82,,300 85,000 87,700 90,400 93,100 95,800 98,500 101,200 103,900 106,600 109,300 2,000 4,750 7,500 10,250 13,000 15,750 18,500 21,250 24,000 26,750 29,500 32,250 35,000 37,750 40,500 43,250 46,000 48,750 51,500 54,250 57,000 59,750 62,500 65,250 68,000 70,750 73,500 76,250 79,000 81,750 84,500 87,250 90,000 92,750 95,500 98,250 101,000 103,750 106,500 109,250 2,800 5,600 8,400 11,200 14,000 16,800 19,600 22,400 25,200 28,000 30,800 33,600 36,400 39,200 42,000 44,800 47,600 50,400 53,200 56,000 58,800 61,600 64,400 67,200 70,000 72,800 75,600 78,400 81,200 84,000 86,800 89,600 92,400 95,200 98,000 100,800 103,600 106,400 109,200 1,800 4,700 7,600 10,500 13,400 16,300 19,200 22,100 25,000 27,900 30,800 33,700 36,600 39,500 42,400 45,300 48,200 51,100 54,000 56,900 59,800 62,700 65,600 68,500 71,400 74,300 77,200 80,100 83,000 85,900 88,800 91,700 94,600 97,500 100,400 103,300 106,200 109,100 1,000 4,000 7,000 10,000 13,000 16,000 19,000 22,000 25,000 28,000 31,000 34,000 37,000 40,000 43,000 46,000 49,000 52,000 55,000 58,000 61,000 64,000 67,000 70,000 73,000 76,000 79,000 82,000 85,000 88,000 91,000 94,000 97,000 100,000 103,000 106,000 109,000 232