#VINTAGE CONN SAX SERIAL NUMBERS NL25781 SERIAL NUMBER#

The lowest 20M I've seen is N2237xx, the highest is 42 41790 (from 1992 of course).Īs far as the King-branded stencils go, I've seen them between N187xxx and N208xxx. The lowest 18M I've seen is N1325xx, the highest is N237574. (I want to say I've seen one with only four digits after the N but I don't have one marked on the list.) The highest of that type is N122230. The lowest N serial I have recorded is N-14864, which is a 14M/50M hybrid (design-wise) alto. I think what provoked looking into Conn in the first place was finding a couple Kings marked 613 or 615 that were obvious Conn stencils, but the fact that I saw an immense number of horns said to be from 1970 but none from any year past that got me thinking. My source is just a lot of perusing eBay and recording what I find. I am now curious to check out that serial again.) (I have a 16M at the tech coming back in a few 's an N serial, although I cannot recall the numerals. Stocker.do you have (or have you recorded) such models which have N serial #'s ? Or can you direct me someplace ? I Suppose that'd be the clincher right there.are there any 18M/20M/24M/25M horns with N serial #'s ? If so, then that'd be some great reinforcement of your assertion.īecause I know for certain those models didn't exist in '71.I have the '71 catalog. So, I don't deal in things such as the 24 M or 25M or all of those models post-Mexico production. Quite honestly, I do not deal w/anything younger than old 16M's and the occasional 7M.so the few 18 and 20M's I have had here (which weren't built by Conn anyway, although they had their name on it) I have mercifully put out of my mind didn't even care to recall their serial #'s. It'd be great to hear more because it really does contradict anything else available by the most other referenced sources. So what made you embark on your own research ? And how do you support the assertion ? Again, I find it interesting. The conn-selmer site says a '71 is an P prefix, a '72 is an R prefix, then starting in '73 the prefixes were dropped.I guess what I am saying is that the site gives a pretty plausible explanation as to the serial numbers.this being the current 'mother company' (sheesh, how sad for the great Conn to have ended this way !) published info. That doesn't make much sense, nor is Flanster saying that.you are making a bit of a straw-man argument there. Just a thought off of the top of my head.Īnother Q: you rib Flanster by suggesting that they built no horns between '71-87. So, it wouldn't mean they built 273,000 saxes.if, for example, the N sequence began with, say.45,000. Here is one issue I have with it (playing Devil's Advocate): who says that the N serials began with numerical 0 ? I have never seen a N serial lower than 5 digits after the N. I agree you make an interesting assertion. You see, you note the conn-selmer site yet even on the link you note, it reads that N prefix = '70. That's interesting.would you clarify your sources ? (Not being a wise-guy, I am genuinely interested).

#VINTAGE CONN SAX SERIAL NUMBERS NL25781 SERIAL NUMBER#

Sorry if trying to give people more accurate information about their instruments is too damaging to the status quo.įor any open-minded people, here's the real serial number chart: I've done my research and I've come to the only reasonable conclusion I can find. I don't know why information scraped together probably decades ago on an era nobody cared about anyway is considered gospel, but whatever. If you really think that Conn built 273,000 instruments and went from the 14M to the 18M to the 20M all in the span of 12 months and then didn't build saxes at all between 19 then more power to you. Can't do better than that on a used horn.įine. He goes through them and he has a money back guarantee. Get a note to jayeSF here on these pages if you're looking for a reasonably priced used horn. If there's one in great shape for about $250 - $300 its o.k. Mine was in lousy shape and I didn't want to spend $300 - $350 for some pads, adjustments and a couple dent removals so I sold it for small $$. In excellent, rebuilt, tech adjusted they go for as high as $600. In decent shape they're about a $250 - $300 horn. horns - they're actually Director models called Shooting Stars. There's 'Mexico' stamped near the thumbrest on the Mexiconns. Mexiconn's do not have CONN USA stamped on the bell. Some horns were Conn USA up to about 1970. Click to expand.Well, it may or not be a 'Mexiconn.' Its a 1970 built in one of the Nogales plants - either Arizona at the Art Best Plant, or in Mexico.

Vintage conn sax serial numbers nl25781