- Elkhart by buescher saxophone serial numbers serial numbers#
- Elkhart by buescher saxophone serial numbers series#
- Elkhart by buescher saxophone serial numbers free#
If you happen to have any additional information that would make this chart MORE accurate, please feel free to email me. I also gathered information for this page from website that cites Albert Mensinga as the source for MANY of the serial numbers.
Elkhart by buescher saxophone serial numbers serial numbers#
I do not know if an Elkhart Serial number list exists or not.īig Thanks to Dr Rick's Vinllage Flute and Sax Shop website for providing some of the serial numbers and years produced. If you see one of these horns and the owner is claiming they are from the 1920s or 1930s or before, then they are using the wrong serial number chart. Most were made post World War II possibly up to 1960. These instruments had their OWN serial numbering system.
And it is marked under the serial number with the model number of '20A'. You can see by the left-hand pinkie plateau and the bell key guard that it is a Buescher-built horn.
Elkhart by buescher saxophone serial numbers series#
The last significant change in the True Tone Series was the adoption of brown rollers around serial number 270,000. Vintage Buescher, Conn, Martin, King & Selmer Serial Numbers. Front F keys appear around 157,000, and by 200,000 the left hand pinky table had been revised to a four roller system. They also bear the inscription "BUILT BY BUESCHER". 'The Elkhart' By Buescher Alto Saxophone. By serial number 78,000, Buescher saxophones had acquired the unique Snap In pad system. The company was acquired by the H&A Selmer Company in 1963. Once it is restored it potential could last another 90 years. Original dents and scratches.Here we have a real gem. The Valveīlock on these instruments are made by Elkhart and thus have a completely different numbering system.Īny Trumpet or Cornet with the engraving of an ELK (see below) will NOT match up on the Buescher Serial number list. Buescher Elkhart Alto Saxophone Serial Numbers Lookup The Buescher Band Instrument Company was a manufacturer of musical instruments in Elkhart, Indiana, from 1894 to 1963. This item is a vintage 1925-1926 Buescher bass saxophone. These are most likely mid to late 1960s instruments.ģ) Most (if not all) Buescher trumpets that have the "ELK" logo have a separate serial number listing. Selmer Usa Clarinet Serial Number ChartSerial Number Lookup381xxx Around this time Selmer (USA) Purchased Buescher. These obviously are NOT subject to this serial number chart. Selmer must have done a serial number "reset" at some point.Ģ) I have also noticed some of the 1960s "Side Scroller" and possibly "Top Scroller" logoed trumpets/cornets that have serial numbers in the 100,000 range. Most seem to have the "Upsidedown Nike" Bell Logo and are model BU-7. Some of the modern Buescher labeled trumpets from the 1970-present that have serial numbers that do not correspond to this chart. Please note that there are a FEW exceptions to this chart. so I have listed BOTH numbers, I think the number MORE accurate would be 326000. *1950 Serial number is different on various sites. About this time Selmer Purchased Buescher
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