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The 'Buescher 400' was their most advanced professional entry into the saxophone market and was the highlight of their resumption of production after World War 2.Īfter Buescher was purchased by Selmer, the '400' eventually became the 'Signet' and the 'Aristocrat' became the 'Bundy'. The 'TrueTone' was updated in 1926 with the addition of a front F key.ġ930 marked the introduction of the 'New Aristocrat'.ġ940 marked the introduction of the Aristocrat commonly known as the 'Big B Aristocrat'. The 'TrueTone' model was one of the most popular saxophones of the 1920's.

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Selmer Paris Saxophone Serial Numbers Yearįrom 1987 onwards, the two-digit prefix number plus 50 will give you the year of manufacture on all Conn Saxophones and products.

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I think the Kings have strong upside appreciation potential.Look up your serial number and compare by clicking on your manufacturer below There are, of course, a very few Super 20 baritones, some with silver necks (add 15%) and I have seen one with a silver bell. There are a few examples with gold inlay on the silver bell (add 15%), a few rare silver plated horns (I own one, add 20%) and a very few gold plated ones (add 25%). Around 430XXX, the Super 20 was cheapened considerably: the neck changed to a conventional style the bell key engraving eventually went away the mother of pearl inlay was long since gone. Help us to help you. Ballpark value of the sax thanks for your help. Is that right I understand what the 'T' above the serial means and also the 'L' below it means. I looked at one chart and it said 1920-21. The first examples had mother of pearl key touches sunburst engraving on the bell keys socket necks and optional sterling silver necks (add 15%) and sterling silver bells (add 30%). Conn lto sax has a serial number 62924 any idea when it was made. Around number 272XXX, the Super 20 was introduced.

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Most of the Zephyr series was in lacquer, add 15% for silver. The Zephyr baritone remained essentially unchanged throughout the production run and sound great. After the mid 1950’s, the Zephyr became an intermediate model, so deduct 30%. I understand there were a few made with sterling silver bells. The Zephyr is a killer! The Zephyr Special had a solid silver neck and mother of pearl key touches.

The engraving is beautiful, but they just don’t play very well. I find their intonation to be sketchy at best. Related ProductsĮxcept for the Saxello, I can’t find anybody expressing much interest in the Kings made before the Zephyr. Yes, some scratches and dents and lacquer wear. If it comes down to it you should be able to resell this puppy if your student goes either way…either gets serious and wants an intermediate sax or decides to “pursue other interests”.

Help Identify Armstrong Sax - Sax On The Web ForumĪre you thinking of renting a sax for your student?įrankly, I don’t know what it costs to rent an alto sax…$35 a month?.

The record is much less complete after 1936. Even so, its possible from this record to assemble a basic serial number chart for these instruments. The log book shows the serial numbers jumping around quite a bit for the Selmer/Adolphe Sax saxophones.

Armstrong Alto Saxophone Serial Numbers Instruments manufactured after 1936 range in serial number from 1350-3600.

'N' was the last letter? UMI began with new serial numbers in 1988, # 38XXXXX is an instrument that was made in 1988 (add 50 to the first two digits) #39XXXXX 1989. It has opposing side bell keys, fingernail file G, etc. The serial number is 247,xxx, making this one an early 'tranny', so it more closely resembles a Chu Berry. They dropped the letter prefix on Conn saxes. 1931 CONN TRANSITIONAL Bb TENOR SAXOPHONE + GATOR CASE - CHU BERRY to 10M TRANNY. But I think Conn and Armstrong merged before. Over 100 company's databases containing dates of manufacture of musical instruments. Part of this comes from factory records, albeit altered with a small but critical detail. It is also applicable to most Armstrong saxophones from 1982, and King saxophones beginning in late 1983. The following is a serial number chart for Conn saxophones made in Mexico and the U.S.