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How Old 'Dat Axe?? A general (and approximate) guide to serial numbers Start by selecting the make of your horn: BUESCHER BUFFET CONN KING SELMER MARTIN CLEVELAND HOLTON YANIGASAWA SML 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 Bought out by Selmer 408818 1965 520000 1970 630000 1975 785000 1980 875000 1983 back to the top SELMER (PARIS) 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 back to the top CONN Serial# Year 9600 1905 10800 1906 12000 1907 13000 1908 15400 1909 17800 1910 21200 1911 22500 1912 25000 1913 30000 1914 35000 1916 40000 1917 50000 1919 58000 1920 64000 1921 83000 1922 101775 1923 124600 1924 145400 1925 167900 1926 193450 1927 209250 1928 224600 1929 237800 1930 244700 1931 249230 1932 256501 1933 260000 1934 263500 1935 271000 1936 278000 1937 284000 1938 285000 1939 288300 1940 295250 1941 304500 1942 309250 1943 309300 1944 310200 1945 314000 1946 320000 1947 327150 1948 332150 1949 337250 1950 341850 1951 341851 1952 354742 1953 359251 1954 500001 1955 571750 1956 652002 1957 718626 1958 779657 1959 834200 1960 898556 1961 949465 1962 C00501 1963 C73854 1964 E54106 1965 H31247 1966 K35274 1967 L20454 1968 back to the top 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 back to the top KING Serial# Year 5000 1915 78000 1925 126000 1930 161000 1935 220000 1940 275000 1945 305000 1950 340000 1955 370000 1960 406500 1965 457600 1970 511750 1975 back to the top MARTIN Serial#   Year 17221   1919 19482   1920 19933   1921 23781   1921 29942   1922 34838   1923 40644   1924 48489 152342 1925 54853     67852 162852 1926   172051   79254   1927 86687   1928 *192536 1027 1929 *first digit dropped on most serial numbers 98324 2982 1930 101622 7119 1931 105096   1932 106546   1933 108301   1934 10758 111253 1935 14526 116551 1936 15396 118038 1937 18861 126998 1938 20563 132070 1939 23231 136040 1940 24572 140199 1941 26643 144455 1942   145322 1943     1944   145352 1945   154289 1946   161520 1947   165326 1948   170395 1949   172215 1950   172449 first Imperial     175140 1951 41693 179317 1952 45824 Indiana 183125 1953 49586 Indiana 187614 1954   193747 1955 56162 196213 1956 66719 203809 1957 66727 201917 1958 70988 205377 1959 76224 209089 1960 81885 211675 1961 87850 213999 1962   218855 1963 back to the top 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 back to the top CLEVELAND Serial# Year 1 1925 10,000 1930 30,000 1935 40,000 1940 45,000 1945 50,000 1950 56,000 1955 100,000 1960 160,000 1965 420,000 1970 600,000 1975 back to the top YANIGASAWA SAXOPHONES During the 1970's, the 3rd and 4th digit of the serial number indicate the year of manufacture. 1972 - 12729030 1973 - 12731254 1974 - 12745400 1975 - 12753382 1976 - 12764553 1977 - 12775790 1978 - 12781317 1979 - 12791801 1980 - 00102143 1981 - 00106981 1982 - 00111892 1983 - 00117142 1984 - 00122663 1985 - 00128485 1986 - 00134903 1987 - 00141658 1988 - 00148774 1989 - 00156006 1990 - 00162968 1991 - 00170073 1992 - 00177116 1993 - 00184318 1994 - 00189050 1995 - 00197400 1996 - 00205400 1997 - 00213000 1998 - 00219500 1999 - 00228250 2000 - 00235000 back to the top SML SAXOPHONES 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

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