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There are some theories about Pan American serial numbers in comparison to Conn pro horns, but the theories don't always work. > American-made stencils do not have extant serial number charts. > Note that Yamaha serial numbers don't seem to correspond to anything, in particular.
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(Before I get overly flamed, I know people will argue that, say, their Mark VII is really a Mark VI, even though it's stamped "Mark VII," but it has a Mark VI serial number. So, if you have a horn that's labeled, "Mark VII," and looks like it's a Mark VII, it's probably a Mark VII, regardless of what the serial number is. This was often the case with Selmer saxophones, for example. If the serial number chart says that the T-4 was introduced in 1965 (making it up) and you have a horn stamped "T-4" that has a 1963 serial number, it's still a T-4.įinally, some manufacturers released a few "prototype" models before the model became standardized. Sometimes Yanagisawa released the alto model first, sometimes a tenor or a soprano. As an example, I'm doing some Yanagisawa saxophone research. D," the chart is wrong.Īlso note that sometimes manufacturers release one pitch of a certain horn earlier than other pitches. In the case of SML, if you have a horn that has, "Gold Medal" stamped on the bell and the serial number chart I wrote says it's a "Rev. This can be confusing when the maker doesn't bother giving a name to the model horn you have, like SML. As an easy example, if you look at a serial number chart and it says the serial number is correct for a Selmer Mark VI, but the horn is stamped something completely different, like, "Selmer New York," then you don't have a Mark VI. Serial number charts are a really bad way of determining what model horn you have. I wanted to add this because I keep forgetting to mention this and I get a lot of e-mails about it. I've created a very comprehensive chart with a lot of info at.