Forum of the Saxes

Bariman · Last edited by Bariman on Tue Oct 11, 2005 4:37 pm; edited 1 time in total

As promised, here is the beggining of my collection of Serial Number charts. I hope people can use them to decypher what year their sax was made without starting a new topic. I will post more as I get them sorted out, but for starters, here are the Buescher, Buffet, Conn, Holton, SML, and Selmer charts. Much thanks to Pete Hales at saxpics.com for assistance in assembling the following.

Buescher

Serial# ...Year
5000 .......1905
11250 .....1910
25103 .....1915
61255 .....1920
175275 ...1925
255250 ...1930
269000 ...1935
291000 ...1940
303000 ...1945
332000 ...1950
350000 ...1955
360000 ...1960
381000 ...1963

*Buy out by Selmer*

408818 ...1965
520000 ...1970
630000 ...1975
785000 ...1980
875000 ...<1983

Bariman

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Bariman · Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 4:34 pm Post subject:

Buffet

Serial# ...Year
2925 .......1952
3115 .......1953
3390 .......1954
3763 .......1955
4226 .......1956
4817 .......1957
5392 .......1958
6172 .......1959
6808 .......1960
7416 .......1961
8656 .......1962
9669 .......1963
10064 .....1964
11749 .....1965
12778 .....1966
13766 .....1967
14487 .....1968
15347 .....1969
16323 .....1970
17319 .....1971
18445 .....1972
19787 .....1973
21441 .....1974
22687 .....1975
24417 .....1976
26151 .....1977
27280 .....1978
28733 .....1979
30190 .....1980
31539 .....1981
32961 .....1982
33924 .....1983
34664 .....1984
35733 .....1985

Bariman
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Bariman · Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 4:34 pm Post subject:

Conn

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"-Prefix
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

Bariman
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Bariman · Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 4:35 pm Post subject:

Holton

Serial# ......................Year
1 ...............................1901
254 ...........................1902
476 ...........................1903
526 ...........................1904
1151 .........................1905
1872 .........................1906
3345 .........................1907
4630 .........................1908
6071 .........................1909
9474 .........................1910
12,402 ......................1911
15,950 ......................1912
20,807 ......................1913
21,100 ......................1914
31,622 ......................1915
33,671 ......................1916
37,909 ......................1917
41,070 - 43,972 ........1918
55,000 - 55,249 ........1918
43,973 - 47,600 ........1919
55,250 - 57,040 ........1919
47,601 - 49,817 ........1920
57,041 - 58,499 ........1920
70,000 - 70,549 ........1920
49,818 - 54,999 ........1921
58,500 - 59,499 ........1921
70,550 - 73,199 ........1921
59,500 - 60,599 ........1922
73,200 - 76,099 ........1922
60,600 - 61,649 ........1923
76,100 - 81,000 ........1923
61,650 - 62,199 ........1924
81,001 - 85,600 ........1924
62,200 - 62,899 ........1925
85,900 - 89,849 ........1925
62,900 - 63,149 ........1926
89,850 - 92,799 ........1926
63,150 - 63,299 ........1927
92,800 - 97,199 ........1927
63,300 - 63,549 ........1928
97,200 - 101,399 ......1928
63,550 - 63,849 ........1929
101,400 - 105,199 ....1929
63,850 - 64,049 ........1930
105,200 - 108,399 ....1930
64,050 - 64,149 ........1931
108,400 - 111,049 ....1931
111,099 - 113,899 ....1932
113,990 - 114,999 ....1933
115,000 - 117,299 ....1934
117,300 - 118,599 ....1935
118,600 - 120,599 ....1936
120,600 - 122,899 ....1937
122,900 - 125,849 ....1938
125,850 - 132,799 ....1939
132,800 - 140,099 ....1940
140,100 - 151,299 ....1941
151,300 - 154,199 ....1942
154,200 - 154,699 ....1943
154,700 - 154,899 ....1944
154,900 - 156,099 ....1945
156,100 - 165,599 ....1946
165,600 - 181,999 ....1947
182,000 - 198,299 ....1948
198,399 - 210,299 ....1949
210,300 - 220,499 ....1950
220,500 - 232,599 ....1951
232,600 - 243,349 ....1952
243,350 - 254,099 ....1953
254,100 - 268,999 ....1954
269,000 - 281,399 ....1955
281,400 - 293,699 ....1956
293,700 - 307,399 ....1957
307,400 - 315,699 ....1958
315,700 - 326,099 ....1959
326,100 - 337,599 ....1960
337,600 - 348,399 ....1961
348,400 - 358,499 ....1962
358,500 - 373,699 ....1963
373,700 - 388,949 ....1964
388,950 - 403,350 ....1965
403,351 - 435,999 ....1966
536,600 - 455,749 ....1967
455,750 - 467,099 ....1968
467,100 - 483,099 ....1969
483,100 - 496,799 ....1970
496,800 - 504,200 ....1971
504,201 - 519,299 ....1972
519,300 - 524,599 ....1973
524,600 - 529,899 ....1974
529,900 - 535,199 ....1975
535,200 - 541,999 ....1976
542,000 - 548,429 ....1977

Bariman
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Bariman · Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 4:35 pm Post subject:

SML

Serial# ..................Year
1 - 3000 ................1934 to 1940
3000 - 5500 ..........1940 to 1945
5500 - 8000 ..........1945 to 1950
8000 - 12000 ........1950 to 1955
12000 - 16000 ......1955 to 1960
16000 - 19000 ......1960 to 1965
19000 - 22000 ......1965 to 1970
22000 - 24000 ......1970 to 1975
24000 - 26000 ......1975 to 1980
26000 - >27000 ....1980 to 1982

Bariman
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Bariman · Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 4:36 pm Post subject:

Selmer

Serial# ....Year
10000 .....1929
12000 .....1930

Cigar Cutter
14000 .....1931
17000 .....1932
18000 .....1933
19000 .....1934
20000 .....1935

Balanced Action
22000 .....1936
24000 .....1937
25000 .....1938
27000 .....1939
30000 .....1940
33000 .....1947

Super Balanced Action
35000 .....1948
37000 .....1949
40000 .....1950
43000 .....1951

Low A Baritone
46000 .....1952
50000 .....1953
52000 .....1954

Mark VI
57000 .....1955
62000 .....1956
66000 .....1957
71000 .....1958
76000 .....1959
81000 .....1960
90000 .....1961
94000 .....1962
103000 ...1963
110000 ...1964
120000 ...1965
129000 ...1966
137000 ...1967
149000 ...1968
160000 ...1969
171000 ...1970
182000 ...1971
192000 ...1972
204000 ...1973
218000 ...1974
231000 ...1975

Mark VII
243000 ...1976
256000 ...1977
272000 ...1978
282000 ...1979
300000 ...1980
327300 ...1981

Super Action 80
340200 ...1982
353800 ...1983
366400 ...1984
378800 ...1985
391000 ...1986

Super Action 80 II
406000 ...1987

Bariman
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