Brass Serial NumbersPlace of manufacture
| Year
| Serial
| Notes
| Elkhart, IN
| 1968
| L20454
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| Elkhart, IN
| 1969
| M prefix
| Elkhart, IN
| 1970
| N prefix
| Elkhart, IN and Hamamatsu, Japan
| 1971
| P prefix
| Last year of Elkhart production
| Abilene, TX
| 1972
| P / R prefix
| First year of Abilene production; some Yamahas carry over
| | Abilene, TX | 1973
| R prefix
|
| | Abilene, TX | 1974
| R prefix / GA400000
| First year using new serial number system | | Abilene, TX | 1975
| GA500000
|
| | Abilene, TX | 1976
| GA600000
|
| Abilene, TX
| 1977
| GA700000 |
| | Abilene, TX | 1978
| GA800000
|
| | Abilene, TX | 1979
| GA900000
|
| | Abilene, TX | 1980
| HA000000 / 100000
also, I've seen HE011431 on a Century trumpet | Henkin bought Conn in late 1980, and the serial numbers began to change, with different prefixes and an extra digit appearing in the HX-serials
| Abilene, TX
| 1981
| 'HH110156' / HA100000 / 100000 / S prefix*/ S0 narrow-letter
| 100000 and 200000 / S prefix serials are not for Director student horns only, as this Century trumpet has an S19746 serial putting it at 1982
| Abilene, TX
| 1982
| [S]16500-[S]23430
| 100000 and 200000 / S prefix serials are for Director student horns only
| Abilene, TX
| 1983
| [S]23431-[S]33388 and 919737 [Century trumpet]
also, I've seen HE011431 on a Century trumpet | 100000 and 200000 / S prefix serials are for Director student horns only
| Abilene, TX
| 1984
| [S]33389-[S]45521 and 919737 [Century trumpet] | 100000 and 200000 / S prefix serials are for Director student horns only | Abilene, TX and Eastlake, OH
| 1985
| [S]45522-[S]58991 and 919737 [Century trumpet] | 100000 and 200000 / S prefix serials are for Director student horns only
First year of Eastlake production, as Conn had been sold to Skäne Gripen/UMI
| | Abilene, TX and Eastlake, OH | 1986
| S58992-S68841
| Last year of Abilene production
| Eastlake, OH and Nogales, AZ
| 1987
| S68842-S76617 and 37 prefix | First year of Nogales production, apparently for some brasses
| Eastlake, OH and Nogales, AZ [?]
| 1988
| S76618-S81115 and 38 prefix
| I do not know if Nogales brass production continued past 1987
| | Eastlake, OH | 1989
| 39 prefix [all models]
|
| | Eastlake, OH | 1990
| 40 prefix
|
| | Eastlake, OH | 1991
| 41 prefix
|
| | Eastlake, OH | 1992
| 42 prefix
|
| | Eastlake, OH | 1993
| 43 prefix
| | Eastlake, OH | 1994
| 44 prefix
| Last year for serials indicative of year [add 50 to the first two digits to get year]
| | Eastlake, OH | 1995
| 5 prefix for brass, 7 prefix for saxes
| The serials and model lineups changed considerably, and instruments can only be dated by era, as there are few tabs kept on when a specific horn was made
| | Eastlake, OH | 1996
| 5 prefix for brass, 7 prefix for saxes | The number prefixes, indicating the instrument type and factory, did not last long
| | Eastlake, OH | 1997
| | Eastlake, OH | 1998
| | Eastlake, OH | 1999
| Last year with prefixes
| | Eastlake, OH | 2000
| 845371 (Conn 1BS 34)
| Apparently a Conn Vintage One from 2000 has serial 845371 | | Eastlake, OH | 2001
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* The S prefix, while used until the mid-80s, was not always seen on serial numbers. The Conn-Selmer resource guide appears to leave out the S prefixes on its serial number list, deduced from an observation made here: http://forum.saxontheweb.net/showthread.php?158653-Conn-Sax-Serial-number and http://www.trumpetmaster.com/vb/f139/conn-18b-53120-3.html#post555667 |
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