


The remaining numbers indicated the production number within the month.įrom 1987 on, the two-digit prefix number plus 50 will give you the year of manufacture. The fourth character indicated the instrument: I will be adding more soon, as well as checking for accuracy and updating these with more historical and. There are quite a few saxophone serial number charts on the internet, these ones have mostly been adapted from existing manufacturers’ and saxophone enthusiasts’ charts. Serial Number: Comments: 1889: 1 () Conn builds the first saxophone in the USA 1891 200 () Wonder name trademarked 1893 500 () Conn exhibits Wonder model saxophones at World’s Columbia Exhibition: 1900: 3900: Conn delivers 150 Wonder model saxophones to U.S. The third character indicated the year within the decade (defined by the first letter). Vintage Buescher, Conn, Martin, King & Selmer Serial Numbers. Please enter a number less than or equal to 1.

CONN NEW WONDER CHU BERRY ALTO SAXOPHONE, 1925, SERIAL 148846, CASE. The second character indicated the month of the year Saxophone w Velvet lined vase In good pre-owned condition - see. The first character of the serial number indicated the decade In March of 1974 an alpha-numeric system was established: The years 1967 to March 1974 (when Conn moved their brass manufacturing to Abilene, Texas), is a period where at least some of the instruments were inferior in quality 1980-1986 numbers are inexact, and may relate only to student level trumpets/cornets
