Don't know where to find the serial number on your flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon or saxophone? Check out this video to find out how. This means your flute is going to date back to the second half of the 1990s. Evette & Schaeffer serial numbers (bottom of long page) Master Models are marked clearly on the clarinet below the oval logo. The two left pinkie keys are pin in hole style, exactly the same as Buffet R-13s. Buffet Crampon Serial Number Lookup. Buffet Crampon Clarinets. Buffet Serial Numbers. Serial Numbers breakdown. Around 1950 Buffet adopted a new model identification of “No1” or “NO1”. This coincided wth the polycylindrical bore introduction. Even though the R13 was officially introduced in 1955 some versions of it apparently existed beforehand, though 1955 was the. An archive of user submitted F.E. Olds instrument serial numbers. Serial Number Physical Features Information #0 'Ambassador' Cornet: Bell type: Normal Bore mark: none Manufacture Location: Fullerton. A small, but significant, percentage of all Buffet and/or Evette-Schaeffer woodwinds in the 1900-1930 range (or so) were Conn stencils and do not have Buffet serial numbers. In the 1990's, Keilwerth stenciled a saxophone for Buffet called the 'Expression' and that model has a Keilwerth serial number. I have 2 Buffet Flutes, one is my student model 228. The other a step up model 227. Both are fantastic. The 228 is a very good student flute. Both are reliable and mechanically sound. They use the Cooper Scale. The only thing i've found with the 228 is that it is harder to get different tone colours. As a student flute they are great!
For all instruments prior to appx. 1937, there is a grenade fruit with a number inside it stamped on the horn. That number is the year of manufacture.
CUNDY - BETTONEY
Flutes, Piccolos, and Clarinets
Henry DISTIN
All Instruments
DOLNET
Saxophones
Peter EATON
FOX
Double-Reeds
IDA MARIA GRASSI
Saxophones See Also
Wm. S. HAYNES
Flutes and Piccolos
Wilhelm HECKEL
Bassoons
HAMMERSCHMIDT
Saxophones
HOHNER
Saxophones
Frank HOLTON
Saxophones
JUPITER
All Instruments
Brua C. KEEFER
Saxophones and Clarinets
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Julius KEILWERTH (and H-COUF)
Saxophones
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KING (HN WHITE)
KOHLERT
All Instruments
Note
LA SAX
All Instruments
A. LAUBIN
Double-Reeds
G. LEBLANC
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LINTON
Oboes and Bassoons
F. LORÉE (CABART)
Double-Reeds
Louis LOT
Flutes
Robert MALERNE
MARIGAUX (see also SML)
Double Reeds See Also
MARTIN BAND INSTRUMENT COMPANY
Saxophones See Also
MARTIN FRERES
Clarinets See also
MONANZI
Flutes
NOBLET
NORMANDY
Clarinets
FE OLDS
All Instruments
L. PIERRET
Saxophones See Also
Verne Q. POWELL
Flutes
G. PRUEFER
Clarinets
PUCHNER
All Instruments
FA REYNOLDS
All Instruments
RIGOUTAT
Double-Reeds
Luis ROSSI
Clarinets
RUDALL & ROSE
Flutes
A. SAX
All Instruments See Also
SELMER (PARIS)
Clarinets Saxophones
SELMER (UK/London)
Clarinets
SELMER (USA)
Clarinets
SML (Strasser-Marigaux-Lemaire)
Saxophones (PDF) See Also
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VITO
Saxophones
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WELTKLANG
YAMAHA
Saxophones
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YANAGISAWA
Saxophones
JW YORK
Saxophones See Also
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Beaugnier:
If you decided to play around with the serial numbers on http://www.doctorsax.biz/beaugnier_ser_nos.htm, note that he doesn't differentiate between the Leblanc System (two/three versions), Rationale (whichever spelling you wish) and Semi Rationale (two versions).
Boosey and Hawkes:
1. Boosey and Hawkes is a combination of the Boosey company and the Hawkes company. Hawkes produced their own instruments, for a time, and combined with Boosey in the 1930s. Boosey and Hawkes have been, since that time, sheet music producers and importers.
2. A lot of the saxophones stamped 'Boosey and Hawkes' are stencil instruments. To read more about stencils, please read my article HERE.
Keefer:
Realtek downloads windows 10. The vast majority of saxophones stamped 'Keefer' are stencils.
Buescher:
Horns stamped 'The Buescher Band Instrument Company' from the 1920's are stencils, as are the modern BU-series of horns available from Selmer, and follow different serial number charts.
Buffet-Crampon:
1. A small, but significant, percentage of all Buffet and/or Evette-Schaeffer woodwinds in the 1900-1930 range (or so) were Conn stencils and do not have Buffet serial numbers. In the 1990's, Keilwerth stenciled a saxophone for Buffet called the 'Expression' and that model has a Keilwerth serial number.
2. The modern Buffet 400 (and similar) are Asian-made and do not follow these serial number charts.
Bundy:
1. The Bundy in question here is from approximately 1950 to date. Earlier horns were a mixture of Conn and Buescher stencils.
2. For a brief time, Bundy and Bundy Special saxophones were available from Keilwerth and Dörfler & Jörka, are stamped 'Made in Germany' and do not have a Bundy serial number.
Julius Keilwerth:
Except for the ST-90 I and EX-90 I and II, the ST-90 and EX-90 were not made by Keilwerth and probably do not have Keilwerth serial numbers. For a chart of those models, see THIS.
Kohlert:
The modern Kohlert instruments are made in China or Taiwan. Their serial number format is completely different. The serial numbers listed here are for the German/Czech made instruments.
LeBlanc:
Leblanc does not give out serial number charts. If you ask them, EXCESSIVELY NICELY, about a serial number off a horn you own, they might tell you when it was made.
SML:
1. The SML A400/T400 are Asian-made stencils not made under the authority of SML and are not included in this chart.
2. Some very early SML saxophones were stencils. There are also occasional late-model stencils. For further info, click HERE.
Vito:
Vito saxophones have been made by Vito (Wisconsin), Beaugnier, Leblanc, Yamaha, Jupiter and Yanagisawa. Keep this in mind when attempting to date your instrument.
Yamaha:
These serial numbers are probably only for the Vito labeled YAS-21/23/25 stencils. However, these serials might apply to all Yamsaha instruments.
The standard info on Yamaha serial numbers is that they are not sequential and you need to contact Yamaha directly for information.
I'm always looking for more info for this chart. If you have any, please drop me a line at thesaxinfo@gmail.com.
