Conn Clarinet Serial Number Chart

 

Cup Mouthpiece Instruments
1876 - 1900
DateSerial #
18761
1877700
18781,700
18793,000
18805,000
18816,000
18827,000
18838,000
18849,000
188510,500
188612,000
188713,000
188814,000
188916,500
189018,000
189120,000
189222,500
189325,000
189427,500
189529,000
189634,000
189740,000
189846,700
189952,000
190058,000
  1. Conn Saxophone Serial Number Chart
  2. Conn Clarinet Serial Number Chart

The following is a serial number chart for Conn saxophones made in Mexico and the U.S. From 1970 until the end of production. It is also applicable to most Armstrong saxophones from 1982, and King saxophones beginning in late 1983. Part of this comes from factory records, albeit altered with a small but critical detail. Unfortunately our serial numbering system and records were not set up for ease in locating this information. We currently manufacture or distribute several brands of wind instruments. Each one of these lines has numerous models of instruments and unfortunately in some cases each model has its own series of serial numbers.

Cup Mouthpiece Instruments
1901 - 1930
DateSerial #
190166,700
190271,000
190376,000
190482,000
190588,000
190694,000
1907100,000
1908106,000
1909111,000
1910116,000
1911121,000
1912126,000
1913130,150
1914132,400
1915137,000
1916142,575
1917146,600
1918155,000
1919165,900
1920169,500
1921175,500
1922190,450
1923198,475
1924206,700
1925219,850
1926230,900
1927239,500
1928252,900
1929263,200
1930273,700
Cup Mouthpiece Instruments
1931 - 1956
DateSerial #
1931280,130
1932281,360
1933289,743
1934294,687
1935300,690
1936307,996
1937315,575
1938322,650
1939324,859
1940327,850
1941338,500
1942348,150
1943354,600
1944355,500
1945355,750
1946355,850
1947366,650
1948376,100
1949383,650
1950389,600
1951396,300
1952393,301
1953420,057
1954427,301
1955500,001
1956571,850
Reed Mouthpiece Instruments 1895 - 1925
DateSerial #
18951
18962,000
18972,500
18983,000
18993,500
19003,900
19014,400
19025,100
19036,700
19048,500
19059,600
190610,800
190712,000
190813,000
190915,400
191017,800
191121,200
191222,500
191325,000
191430,000
191635,000
191740,000
191950,000
192058,000
192164,000
192283,000
1923101,775
1924124,600
1925145,400
Reed Mouthpiece Instruments 1926 - 1956
DateSerial #
1926167,900
1927193,450
1928209,250
1929224,600
1930237,800
1931244,700
1932249,230
1933256,501
1934260,000
1935263,500
1936271,000
1937278,000
1938284,000
1939285,000
1940288,300
1941295,250
1942304,500
1943309,250
1944309,300
1945310,200
1946314,000
1947320,000
1948327,150
1949332,150
1950337,250
1951341,850
1952341,851
1953354,742
1954359,251
1955500,001
1956571,750
Conn Cup Mouthpiece and Reed Mouthpiece Instruments
1957 - 1972
DateSerial #
1957652002
1958718626
1959779657
1960834200
1961898556
1962949465
1963c00501
1964c73854
1965e54106
1966h31247
1967k35274
1968l20454
1969'm' prefix
1970'n' prefix
1971'p' prefix
1972'r' prefix
Conn Cup Mouthpiece Instruments
1973 - present
DateSerial #
1973ga30000
1974ga40000
1975ga50000
1977ga60000
1978ga70000
1979ga80000
1980*
1981*
198216500 - 23430*
198323431 - 33388*
198433389 - 45521*
198545522 - 58991*
58992 � 68841*
198768842 � 76617* & prefix '37'
198876618 � 81115* & prefix '38'
1989prefix '39'
1990prefix '40'
Note: From 1987 to present, add 50 to the serial number prefix to calculate the year of manufacture.
C. G. C.G. Conn Saxophones
1976 - present
DateSerial #
197683000 - 89496
197791314 - 98992
197898993 - 111820
1979111821 - 128691
1980128692 - 145001
1981145002 - 154753
1982154954 - 170073
1983170074 - 184336
1984184337 - 201207
1985201208 - 221243
1986221244 - 240141
1987240142 - 261465
1988261466 - 273178
3811713 - 3821881
19893900000
19904000000
19914100000
Note: From 1987 to present, add 50 to the serial number prefix to calculate the year of manufacture.
*1980 - 1986 serial numbers are for student trumpet and cornets only.
Other cup mouthpiece serial numbers are not available at this time.
A few weeks ago, someone in this newsgroup was asking how to interpret
  1. Buffet Clarinets. Note: A preceeding F in the serial number indicates a clarinet made for the European market (A=442, A=444).
  2. Subject: CONN Serial Numbers. For those of you who did not get an earlier (June 1994) message, I have copied a list of CONN serial numbers and approximate dates of manufacture. To my knowledge, for 1940 vintage CONN horns you will find the serial number on the thumb valve casing, not under the valve levers as on more recent horns from CONN.
  3. Woodwind Serial Number Compilation: Offsite Goodies. How to Determine Horn Value & Value Discussion: Help Us to Help You (Don't) Be Like Pete: High Pitch vs. Low Pitch The Woodwind Forum (I'm one of the three founders).
Conn Clarinet Serial Number Chart
Conn serial numbers. I had saved the following items from the horn
discusssion list a few months ago and am posting them now. They seem to
tell everything you need to know. Serial

Peter Macdonald
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From Con...@aol.com Thu Jun 15 07:56:01 1995
Date: Tue, 04 Oct 94 17:13:21 EDT
From: Con...@aol.com
To: ho...@merlin.nlu.edu
Subject: Re: Conn 8D Vintage

Rick Lehner wrote, in regards to his 8D:

'It definitely does not have any letters in the serial number....Anyone know
approximately how old and where it was made?'

I was trying to help a friend of mine figure out a serial number on his 8D,
too. His doesn't have the letters in front either, & I know it is an older
horn. Mine is a '79. The repairman who works on my middle school
instruments told me how to find out what MY serial number meant, so I'll
relate that. Here goes (by the way, this is a fabricated number as an
example, so if it's your horn, it's only a coincidence!):

GE920072

First letter at front = the decade (G is the 1970s)
Second letter at front = the month (E is May--5th letter, 5th month)
First single digit = year (9 is 1979)
Next single digit = 'French horn group'
Last four digits = the number of the horn that was built that month (0072
would be the 72nd horn built)

Conn clarinet serial numbers

Hope this helps somewhat, and if you want me to ask the repairman about the
older numbers, let me know!

Constance Sanders
Bellevue, KY USA
con...@aol.com

Bass

From PPe...@UH.EDU Thu Jun 15 07:56:24 1995
Date: 5 Oct 1994 09:35:13 -0600
From: 'PEASE, Paul' <PPe...@UH.EDU>
To: IHS DISCUSSION GROUP <HO...@MERLIN.NLU.EDU>
Subject: CONN Serial Numbers

For those of you who did not get an earlier (June 1994) message, I have
copied a list of CONN serial numbers and approximate dates of manufacture.

To my knowledge, for 1940 vintage CONN horns you will find the serial number
on the thumb valve casing, not under the valve levers as on more recent horns
from CONN.

Here's the list.

CONN SERIAL NUMBERS

A GUIDE FOR DETERMINING THE APPROXIMATE AGE OF
CONN BRASS INSTRUMENTS

SERIAL DATE SERIAL DATE
NUMBER NUMBER

1 1876 142575 1916
700 1877 146600 1917
1700 1878 155000 1918
3000 1879 165900 1919
5000 1880 169500 1920
6000 1881 175500 1921
7000 1882 190450 1922
8000 1883 198475 1923
9000 1884 206700 1924
10500 1885 219850 1925
12000 1886 230900 1926
13000 1887 239500 1927
14000 1888 252900 1928
16500 1889 263200 1929
18000 1890 273700 1930
20000 1891 280130 1931
22500 1892 281360 1932
25000 1893 289743 1933
27500 1894 294687 1934
29000 1895 399690 1935
34000 1896 307996 1936
40000 1897 315575 1937
46700 1898 322650 1938
52000 1899 324859 1939
58000 1900 327850 1940
66700 1901 338500 1941
71000 1902 348150 1942
76000 1903 354600 1943
82000 1904 355500 1944
88000 1905 355750 1945
94000 1906 355850 1946
100000 1907 366650 1947
106000 1908 376100 1948
111000 1909 383650 1949
116000 1910 389600 1950
121000 1911 396300 1951
126000 1912 393301 1952
130150 1913 420057 1953
132400 1914 427301 1954
137000 1915 500001 1955
571850 1956

Serial numbers for reed instruments differed from the brass prior to 1957.

Brass and Reed Instruments as of 1957

652002 1957 949465 1962
718696 1958 C00501 1963
779657 1959 C73854 1964
834200 1960 E54106 1965
898556 1961 R31247 1966

No information available 1967 to March 1974.
After March 1974, use the code system below.

CODE SYSTEM

First character (letter) indicates decade, 'G' for 1970's, 'H' for 1980's.
etc.

Second character (letter) indicates month of year, 'A' for January, 'B' for
February, etc.

Third character (number) indicates year of decade reading directly.

Conn Saxophone Serial Number Chart

Fourth character (number) indicates instrument group as follows:

1- Cornet
2-Trumpet
3-Alto
4-French Horn
5-Mellophone
6-Valve Trombone
7-Slide Trombone
8-Baritone-Euphonium
9-Tuba
0-Sousaphone

The remaining four numbers constitute the serial number on a monthly basis.

Source: Allied Supply Corporation, Catalog No. 9-85. PO Box 288, Elkhorn,
WI 53121


From dcr...@willamette.edu Thu Jun 15 07:56:49 1995
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 1994 13:51:31 -0700 (PDT)
From: 'David S. Crane' <dcr...@willamette.edu>
To: International Horn Society EDG <HO...@MERLIN.NLU.EDU>
Subject: Re 8 D's

Re Rick Lehner trying to find out the age of his 8 D. The Elkhart ones
had Elkhart, Ind. under C.G. Conn Ltd. on the bell, and the non lettered
ones have a fancier treatment on the end of the slide receivers. I
believe the lettered Elkkhart horns and the Texas horns slide receiver
ends are rolled, and the older ones are soldered on and are sort of like
a double ring. Hope this helps.
David Crane
Horn instructor
Willamette University
Salem, OR
97302
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A few weeks ago, someone was asking for information on Conn serial
numbers. This topic was considered by the horn discussion group last
October; I have saved the relevant postings and can forward them to anyone
who wants to see them. The information should give the date and factory
for any Conn.

Conn Clarinet Serial Number Chart