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: The third character indicated the year within the decade (defined by the first letter). The second character indicated the month of the year 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 But starting around 1972 both the diamond logo and the newer TV screen shaped logo were used, depending on the model number. Vito Saxophone Serial Numbers It seems that this oval Noblet emblem was in use from the 1940s through about 1962, then use of the diamond logo extended to about 1990. 1980-1986 numbers are inexact, and may relate only to student level trumpets/cornets Conn Saxophone - Serial Number List - Granlund Woodwind.

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