How do you read a saxophone serial number?

This is the type of saxophone: Eb = Sopranino; S = Soprano; A = Alto; T = Tenor; E = Baritone; B = Bass; C = C Soprano or C Melody; F = F Mezzo Soprano or Conn-o-sax. This line consists of two parts: “M” stands for saxophones. The number is the serial number. This means Low Pitch (A=440 Hz).

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How do I find out the make and model of my saxophone?

A manufacturer’s stamp usually appears on the opposite side of the body tube near the low D key. The stamp will have several sets of letters and numbers. Generally this will include the patent number, model number, serial number and letters for key and pitch.

How do you identify a saxophone?

Size. The most obvious difference between the two instruments is their size. The tenor sax is slightly larger and heavier, while the alto sax is smaller, lighter, and more easily managed than a tenor. The neck of an alto saxophone also comes up slightly at the end, while the neck of a tenor bends slightly down.

Are saxophones worth money?

Gold-plated examples dating from the ’40s are worth $1,000, silver-plated ones about $800, and brass ones around $650, says Dr. Rick and Terry Dean, who buy, sell and appraise old saxophones, flutes, clarinets and related odd or unusual instruments. Those dating from the ’50s would be worth less, they say.

How old are the Selmer sax saxophones?

Instruments manufactured after 1936 range in serial number from ~1350-3600. The log book shows the serial numbers jumping around quite a bit for the Selmer/Adolphe Sax saxophones. Even so, its possible from this record to assemble a basic serial number chart for these instruments. Some instruments were stamped H. Selmer and some were not.

Is there a record of the serial numbers of Selmer guitars?

There is a fairly detailed record of these instruments recorded in a log book in the Selmer archives in Paris up to 1936 through serial number ~1364. The record is much less complete after 1936. Instruments manufactured after 1936 range in serial number from ~1350-3600. The log book shows the serial numbers jumping…

How old are the saxophones with serial numbers?

When did the sopranino stop making Mark VI saxophones?

Although, as the chart below illustrates, the Mark VI was produced until (roughly) serial #378000, this applies only to the Sopranino model. The Soprano, Baritone and Bass Mark VI saxophones were produced until serial #365000 in 1984, and Alto and Tenor Mark VI production ended (approximately) in 1975 at serial #239,595 .