Conn Clarinet Chart

  • Conn Clarinet Serial Number Chart. Ive been notified that we got an old looking C.G. Conn clarinet on consignment for 75 bucks in the store I teach in, but I.
  • Conn Clarinet Serial Number Chart. Record of these instruments recorded in a log book in the Selmer archives in Paris up to 1936 through serial number 1364. This is a lovely Selmer Paris Balanced Action alto saxophone, serial number.

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. The remainder is from my personal research. Notes and excessively pedantic detail are at the bottom of the page.

Cached
Serial numberYear
N00011970
N830001976
N900001977See note below
N989931978
N1118211979
N128692198018M replaces 50M (ca. N130000)
N1450021981
N1549541982
N1700741983King 613 and 615 become Conn stencils (N180000)
N1843371984
N2012081985Conn et al purchased by Skåne Gripen AB (Oct. 9)
N221244198620M replaces 18M (ca. N222000)
N2401421987
N2614661988through N273178
38 117131988New serial system established mid-year
39 00001198922M replaces 16M (est.)
40 000011990
41 300011991
42 300011992
43 300011993King 660 and 662 introduced
44 50001199421M replaces 20M
7 300011994New serial system (plant code)
7 35000199511M and 12M replaced by 13M and 14M (est.)
78000119965M and 9M discontinued
7920001997Plant closes for retooling in July
7100001199824M replaces 21M, 665 replaces 660
7108000199925M “CONNtinental” and 670 “Liberty” introduced
71160002000UMI bought by Selmer
71220002001
71260002002UMI reorganized into Conn-Selmer division
71300002003
71340002004Nogales, AZ factory closed
72000012004Production at Armstrong plant in Elkhart (?)
90000012005
91040002006

The 1976-1988 portion of this chart was available from UMI, however, it omitted the “N” prefix. After extensive research I determined that the saxophone serial numbers were separated from the brass when Elkhart was shut down by MacMillan, and the “N” prefix does not, as is commonly believed, denote 1970 as the year of manufacture where saxophones are concerned.

Note for 1977: The original documentation gives an ending figure of N89496, but a 1977 starting figure of N91314. Instruments exist with serial numbers within that gap.

Serial numbers “skip” on multiple occasions. The first is from 7 44000 to 7 80001. This appears to coincide with the elimination of rolled toneholes on the 21M and 660 altos. My interpretation of the skip to 7100001 is based upon an article in Music Trades stating that the Nogales factory was closed for the entire second half of 1997 to retool for a new line of saxophones – the 24M and 665.

Brands include Selmer, Conn, Yamaha, Sax Gourmet, and more. Saxgourmet Super 400 Tenor. Saxgourmet Super 400 Alto. Saxgourmet Baritone. Orpheo Tenor (Steve Goodson designed ONLY) Orpheo Alto (Steve Goodson Designed ONLY) Steve Goodson Model Alto. Steve Goodson Model Tenor.

Three more skips occur in the last years of production: from 7135000 to 7200000, from 7202000 to 9000001, and from 9001000 to 9100001. One of these is where production ended at Nogales and was moved (probably) to the Armstrong plant in Elkhart. The others I can’t explain.

The highest serial number I’ve seen is 9107109, a Conn 24M alto. The, er, “imported” saxophones appeared in 2007, so I peg 2006 as the end of production for American-made Conn and King saxophones.

Conn Clarinet Serial Number Chart

Hegde book of dravyaguna part 2 download. The only American-made saxophone of the era that this does not apply to is the Conn 34M tenor, which had a very limited production run in 2003, possibly into 2004.

ModelStart #End #
Worcester1(1888)3,200(1898)
Wonder Improvedunknown(1895)41,000(1917)
New Invention16,000(1910)23,000(1912)
New Wonder Series I41,000(1914)143,000(1924)
New Wonder Artist Special41,000(1917)237,000(1930)
New Wonder Series II143,000(1924)237,000(1930)
New Wonder Virtuoso Deluxe143,000(1924)237,000(1930)
22M & 24M209,000(1928)237,000(1930)
New Wonder Transitional237,000(1930)263,000(1935)
Artist ('Naked Lady')263,000(1935)unknown(1971)
Connqueror 26M & 30M263,000(1935)309,000(1943)
Connstellation 28M330,000(1948)345,000(1952)
Director 14M & 16M500,000(1955)unknown(1974)
DJH Modified128,692(1980)221,243(1985)

Conn Clarinet

Serial NumberYear Manufactured
1
1895
1896
2,500
1897
1898
3,500
1899
1900
4,400
1901
1902
6,700
1903
1904
9,600
1905
1906
12,000
1907
1908
15,400
1909
1910
21,200
1911
1912
25,000
1913
1914
1915
1916
40,000
1917
1918
50,000
1919
1920
64,000
1921
1922
101,775
1923
1924
145,400
1925
1926
193,450
1927
1928
224,600
1929
1930
244,700
1931
1932
256,501
1933
1934
263,500
1935
1936
278,000
1937
1938
285,000
1939
1940
295,250
1941
1942
309,250
1943
1944
310,200
1945
1946
320,000
1947
1948
332,150
1949
1950
341,850
1951
1952
354,742
1953
1954
500,001
1955
1956
652,002
1957
1958
779,657
1959
1960
898,556
1961
1962
C 501
1963
1964
E 54,106
1965
1966
K 35,274
1967
1968
'M' Prefix
1969
1970
'P' Prefix
1971
1972
83,000
1976
1977
98,993
1978
1979
128,692
1980
1981
154,954
1982
1983
184,337
1984
1985
221,244
1986
1987
261,466
1988