The Mexico-made ones were made in Nogales, MX starting in 1970. When they took over the Nogales AZ plant, they also discontinued the 14M Director model which had been made in Elkhart (and was formerly marketed under the Pan American name). First year of Eastlake production, as Conn had been sold to Skne Gripen/UMI. S45522- S58937 Century trumpet 100000 / S prefix serials are for Director student horns only. According to a Conn s/n chart, 52,000 was made in 1919) and appears to be at least 200,000 off for LH bell key horns.
#Conn saxophone serial numbers m prefix serial number
and they just kept rolling that design off the line, changing a few things over the years (but not much). Also be aware that the serial numbers below werent just for C-Melody saxes, each instrument produced was assigned a sequential unique number, so (for example) in Jan-1924, 60993 could have been a Tenor Sax, 60994 a C-Mel, 60995 a Soprano, etc. 100000 / S prefix serials are for Director student horns only. Stencil serial numbers starting with a P APPEAR to be +50,000 off on the Conn serial number chart for split bell key horns (i.e. 'K' indicates a manufacture date of 1967, however the '0' before the 5 digit serial number (or included in that number), might indicate a more recent horn. Army: 1905: 9600: Automatic octave key introduced: 1907: 12000. Conn began adding letter prefixes to its saxophone line in 1963 (besides the earlier 'M' catalog prefix which stood for 'Saxophone'), starting with the letter 'C'. (If you dig up some photos of USA-made "Vito Specials", you will see they are identical to the Conn 50M's)Ĭonn took over the plant.and took the horns that were still in the plant, and the ones which had yet been assembled, and just engraved them "Conn USA". Serial Number: Comments: 1889: 1 () Conn builds the first saxophone in the USA 1891 200 () Wonder name trademarked 1893 500 () Conn exhibits Wonder model saxophones at World’s Columbia Exhibition: 1900: 3900: Conn delivers 150 Wonder model saxophones to U.S. The 50M is basically a Vito design.which therefore is a relative of a Beaugnier, France design. Other cup mouthpiece serial numbers are not available at this time. 1980 - 1986 serial numbers are for student trumpet and cornets only. Made in Nogales AZ at the former Coin-Art plant which Conn purchased. This is a 50M, aka 'Shooting Star', also marketed as Director model.
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