All Selmer trumpets have a serial number and there is a chart that shows what year the trumpet.
The remaining numbers indicated the production number within the month.įrom 1987 on, the two-digit prefix number plus 50 will give you the year of manufacture. A Selmer trumpet with a serial number of 43417 was made in 1950, so as of 2013 it is 63 years old. The fourth character indicated the instrument: One owner writes: Selmer produced horns in batches of 33, with valve numbers running consecutively 1-99. 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. The serial number lists are NOT 100 accurate. The number of instruments produced in the early years 1893-1905, has been reduced. The third character indicated the year within the decade (defined by the first letter). The bore measures 0.470 Selmer Radial Bb trumpet S/N 54,9xx is marked 75 and B on the leadpipe and measures 0.464. We have reevaluated the serial number list to reflect new information. The second character indicated the month of the year The first character of the serial number indicated the decade In March of 1974 an alpha-numeric system was established: The years 1967 to March 1974 (when Conn moved their brass manufacturing to Abilene, Texas), is a period where at least some of the instruments were inferior in quality You can read more about this particular model at the Conn Loyalist website. All slides and valves work really good and the compression is great for its age. It has been professionally cleaned/serviced and is ready to be played.
1980-1986 numbers are inexact, and may relate only to student level trumpets/cornets The serial number on the trumpet is 310729 which dates the trumpet being made in 1936.