Serial numbers can be found in a variety of places on different instruments. Please use the images below to help locate the serial number on your instrument.
| Tubas and baritone horns most often have the serial number on the center valve or on the mouthpiece receiver. |
| French horns may display serial numbers on or around the valves, on the underside of the key area, or near the mouthpiece. |
| Flute serial numbers can be found on the back of the body, or middle joint. They are commonly placed near the foot joint receiver, or near the top of the body, either on the barrel or near the highest key. |
| On the clarinet, serial numbers appear on the back of the body of the instrument, on either side of the socket rings where the upper joint meets the lower joint, or close to the bell. |
| Serial numbers on oboes are usually seen on the back of the instrument, in the middle where the joints meet, or close to the lowest key, near the bell. |
| Piccolo serial numbers generally appear near either end of the body of the piccolo, on the back of the instruments. On Yamaha (and some other) piccolos, the numbers may be located on the metal receiver for the headjoint (circled), and may be covered when assembled. |
| Saxophones display their serial numbers on the back of the instrument, near the thumb rest. Older saxophones may also have a serial number on the neck. |
| Serial numbers on trombones normally appear on the body near the slide receiver (arrow) or on the slide receiver or mouthpiece receiver (circled). |
| On a trumpet, look on either side of the center valve for the serial number. |
Serial Number Year Manufactured. Search for the serial number of the brand Frank Holton & Co. To determine the age of your instrument.
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. 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.
Conn Clarinet Serial Number Chart
Conn Clarinet Serial Numbers
- Conn Clarinet model number list. Main index Clarinet, Flute, Piccolo, Oboe and Bassoon page Clarinet Model List The Clarinet Model List. This page contains a clarinet model number list. It includes models up to 1969. The choice of 1969 as an end date is due to the fact that Conn was bought by MacMillan in 1969/1970. New models after 1970.
- The CL-602/604 that were reintroduced in 1977 have Vito serial numbers, but it’s difficult to track the 630 and 633 models of the 1960s. The 7114 (Lyre logo) was introduced in 1970, relegating the Reso-Tone 3 to second-tier status, so I suspect that’s when the Model 12 Reso-Tone 2 disappeared.