Vintage American Serial #'s, Conn, Buescher, King, Martin

Here are serial number lists for Buescher, Conn, King and Martin as requested. These lists were taken from www.drrick.com Buescher Serial Number List Years and Serial Numbers are approximate Year Serial Number 1905 5000 1906 5620 1907 6610 1908 7808 1909 8580 1910 11250 1911 13685 1912 15870 1913 18178 1914 22860 1915 25103 1916 28875 1917 32350 1918 37540 1919 46975 1920 61255 1921 78525 1922 99275 1923 125750 1924 150250 1925 175275 1926 202350 1927 222175 1928 235250 1929 245250 1930 255275 1931 260125 1932 264025 1933 265523 1934 267356 1935 268971 1936 272896 1937 279300 1938 284418 1939 288024 1940 291336 1941 294125 1942 297527 1948 312000 1949 316000 1950 326000 1951 337000 1952 347000 1955 350000 1960 360000 1963 381000 Around this time Selmer Purchased Buescher Year Serial Number 1965 408000 1970 520000 1975 630000 1980 785000 1983 875000 Conn Saxophone Serial Number List Years and Serial Numbers are approximate Date Serial Number 1895 1 1896 2,000 1897 2,500 1898 3,000 1899 3,500 1900 3,900 1901 4,400 1902 5,100 1903 6,700 1904 8,500 1905 9,600 1906 10,800 1907 12,000 1908 13,000 1909 15,400 1910 17,800 1911 21,200 1912 22,500 1913 25,000 1914 30,000 1916 35,000 1917 40,000 1919 50,000 1920 58,000 1921 64,000 1922 83,000 1923 101,775 1924 124,600 1925 145,400 1926 167,900 1927 193,450 1928 209,250 1929 224,600 1930 237,800 1931 244,700 1932 249,230 1933 256,501 1934 260,000 1935 263,500 1936 271,000 1937 278,000 1938 284,000 1939 285,000 1940 288,300 1941 295,250 1942 304,500 1943 309,250 1944 309,300 1945 310,200 1946 314,000 1947 320,000 1948 327,150 1949 332,150 1950 337,250 1951 341,850 1952 341,851 1953 354,742 1954 359,251 1955 500,001 1956 571,750 1957 652002 1958 718626 1959 779657 1960 834200 1961 898556 1962 949465 1963 C00S0l 1964 C73854 1965 E54106 1966 H31247 1967 K35274 1968 L20454 1969 "M"-Pretix (see note) 1970 "N"-Prefix 1971 "P"-Prefix 1972 "R"-Prefix 1976 83000-89496 1977 91314-98992 1978 98993-111820 1979 111821-128691 1980 128692-145001 1981 145002-154753 1982 154954-170073 1983 170074-184336 1984 184337-201207 1985 201208-221243 1986 221244-240141 1987 240142-261465 1988 261466-273178 3811713-3821881 1989 3900000 1990 4000000 1991 4100000 Note: From 1987, the prefix number plus 50 gives you the year of manufacture. The letter M is present on some earlier model Conn saxophones built in the mid 1920's-mid 1930's. M is the letter code that was used to identify saxophone. If a patent date of 1914 is present, the horn is not a 1969 vintage. Omit the M and look up the number to determine year. King Saxophone Serial Number List 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. Date Serial Number 1893-1915 1-50,000 1915-1925 50,000-78,000 1925-1930 78,001-126,000 1930-1935 126,001-161,000 1935-1940 161,001-220,000 1940-1945 220,001-275,000 1945-1950 275,001-305,000 1950-1955 305,001-340,000 1955-1960 340,001-370,000 1960-1965 370,001-406,500 1965-1970 406,501-457,600 1970-1975 457,601-511,750 1975-1980 511,751- Martin Saxophone Serial Number List Date Serial Number 1919/12/08 17,221 1920/11/01 19,482 1921/12/29 23,781 1922/08/10 29,942 1923/05/01 34,838 1924/01/01 40,644 1925/01/01 48,489 1926/01/01 67,852 1927/01/01 79,254 1928/01/01 86,687 1929/01/01 92,536 1930/01/06 98,324 1931/01/01 101,622 1932/01/04 105,096 1933/02/06 106,546 1934/01/01 108,301 1935/03/01 111,253 1936/09/01 116,551 1937/01/05 118,038 1938/09/01 126,998 1939/09/01 132,070 1940/09/01 136,040 1941/09/01 140,199 1942/09/01 144,455 1943/01/21 145,322 1945/07/26 145,352 1946/07/23 154,289 1947/07/22 161,520 1948/07/23 165,326 1949/07/20 170,395 1950/01/05 172,215 1951/01/16 175,140 1952/01/02 179,317 1953/01/05 183,125 1954/01/04 187,614 1955/05/10 193,747 1956/01/01 196,213 1957/11/04 201,917 1958/02/03 203,809 1959/01/28 205,377 1960/12/02 209,089 1961/12/13 211,675 1962/07/01 213,999 1963/01/08 218,855

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