Conn Trumpet Serial Number Identification

Ramsden 22 November, 2013, 15:34. It appears that my Mt. Vernon Bach Stradivarious Model # 18530 was built “somewhere” around 1957 (based on your Serial # Data). I plan on selling the Trumpet in the near future, so I am attempting to gather “whatever” information I can find, in an effort to “determine” the Trumpet’s value on today’s market. Run apache on windows. 'Conn & King Musical Instrument Serial Number Info' This list is not correct for Conn saxophones (see Conn Woodwind Serial Numbers) or Conn bugles (see Pan American Brass Serial Numbers). See Conn Reed Instrument List at Bottom of Page, or Click Return To Link Page.

  1. Conn Trumpet Model Numbers
  2. Conn Trumpet Serial Number Identification Lookup
Cup Mouthpiece Instruments
1876 - 1900
DateSerial #
18761
1877700
18781,700
18793,000
18805,000
18816,000
18827,000
18838,000
18849,000
188510,500
188612,000
188713,000
188814,000
188916,500
189018,000
189120,000
189222,500
189325,000
189427,500
189529,000
189634,000
189740,000
189846,700
189952,000
190058,000
Cup Mouthpiece Instruments
1901 - 1930
DateSerial #
190166,700
190271,000
190376,000
190482,000
190588,000
190694,000
1907100,000
1908106,000
1909111,000
1910116,000
1911121,000
1912126,000
1913130,150
1914132,400
1915137,000
1916142,575
1917146,600
1918155,000
1919165,900
1920169,500
1921175,500
1922190,450
1923198,475
1924206,700
1925219,850
1926230,900
1927239,500
1928252,900
1929263,200
1930273,700
Cup Mouthpiece Instruments
1931 - 1956
DateSerial #
1931280,130
1932281,360
1933289,743
1934294,687
1935300,690
1936307,996
1937315,575
1938322,650
1939324,859
1940327,850
1941338,500
1942348,150
1943354,600
1944355,500
1945355,750
1946355,850
1947366,650
1948376,100
1949383,650
1950389,600
1951396,300
1952393,301
1953420,057
1954427,301
1955500,001
1956571,850
Reed Mouthpiece Instruments 1895 - 1925
DateSerial #
18951
18962,000
18972,500
18983,000
18993,500
19003,900
19014,400
19025,100
19036,700
19048,500
19059,600
190610,800
190712,000
190813,000
190915,400
191017,800
191121,200
191222,500
191325,000
191430,000
191635,000
191740,000
191950,000
192058,000
192164,000
192283,000
1923101,775
1924124,600
1925145,400
Reed Mouthpiece Instruments 1926 - 1956
DateSerial #
1926167,900
1927193,450
1928209,250
1929224,600
1930237,800
1931244,700
1932249,230
1933256,501
1934260,000
1935263,500
1936271,000
1937278,000
1938284,000
1939285,000
1940288,300
1941295,250
1942304,500
1943309,250
1944309,300
1945310,200
1946314,000
1947320,000
1948327,150
1949332,150
1950337,250
1951341,850
1952341,851
1953354,742
1954359,251
1955500,001
1956571,750

Conn Trumpet Model Numbers

Conn Cup Mouthpiece and Reed Mouthpiece Instruments
1957 - 1972
DateSerial #
1957652002
1958718626
1959779657
1960834200
1961898556
1962949465
1963c00501
1964c73854
1965e54106
1966h31247
1967k35274
1968l20454
1969'm' prefix
1970'n' prefix
1971'p' prefix
1972'r' prefix
Conn Cup Mouthpiece Instruments
1973 - present
DateSerial #
1973ga30000
1974ga40000
1975ga50000
1977ga60000
1978ga70000
1979ga80000
1980*
1981*
198216500 - 23430*
198323431 - 33388*
198433389 - 45521*
198545522 - 58991*
58992 � 68841*
198768842 � 76617* & prefix '37'
198876618 � 81115* & prefix '38'
1989prefix '39'
1990prefix '40'
Note: From 1987 to present, add 50 to the serial number prefix to calculate the year of manufacture.
Serial

Conn Trumpet Serial Number Identification Lookup

C. G. C.G. Conn Saxophones
1976 - present
DateSerial #
197683000 - 89496
197791314 - 98992
197898993 - 111820
1979111821 - 128691
1980128692 - 145001
1981145002 - 154753
1982154954 - 170073
1983170074 - 184336
1984184337 - 201207
1985201208 - 221243
1986221244 - 240141
1987240142 - 261465
1988261466 - 273178
3811713 - 3821881
19893900000
19904000000
19914100000
Note: From 1987 to present, add 50 to the serial number prefix to calculate the year of manufacture.
*1980 - 1986 serial numbers are for student trumpet and cornets only.
Other cup mouthpiece serial numbers are not available at this time.

Brass Serial Numbers

Place of manufacture
Year
Serial
Notes
Elkhart, IN
1968
L20454

Elkhart, IN
1969
M prefix
Elkhart, IN
1970
N prefix
Elkhart, IN and Hamamatsu, Japan
1971
P prefix
Last year of Elkhart production
Abilene, TX
1972
P / R prefix
First year of Abilene production; some Yamahas carry over
Abilene, TX1973
R prefix

Abilene, TX1974
R prefix / GA400000
First year using new serial number system
Abilene, TX1975
GA500000

Abilene, TX1976
GA600000

Abilene, TX
1977
GA700000
Abilene, TX1978
GA800000

Abilene, TX1979
GA900000

Abilene, TX1980
HA000000 / 100000
also, I've seen HE011431 on a Century trumpet
Henkin bought Conn in late 1980, and the serial numbers began to change, with different prefixes and an extra digit appearing in the HX-serials
Abilene, TX
1981
'HH110156' / HA100000 / 100000 / S prefix*/ S0 narrow-letter
100000 and 200000 / S prefix serials are not for Director student horns only, as this Century trumpet has an S19746 serial putting it at 1982
Abilene, TX
1982
[S]16500-[S]23430
100000 and 200000 / S prefix serials are for Director student horns only
Abilene, TX
1983
[S]23431-[S]33388 and 919737 [Century trumpet]
also, I've seen HE011431 on a Century trumpet
100000 and 200000 / S prefix serials are for Director student horns only
Abilene, TX
1984
[S]33389-[S]45521 and 919737 [Century trumpet]100000 and 200000 / S prefix serials are for Director student horns only
Abilene, TX and Eastlake, OH
1985
[S]45522-[S]58991 and 919737 [Century trumpet]100000 and 200000 / S prefix serials are for Director student horns only
First year of Eastlake production, as Conn had been sold to Skäne Gripen/UMI
Abilene, TX and Eastlake, OH1986
S58992-S68841
Last year of Abilene production
Eastlake, OH and Nogales, AZ
1987
S68842-S76617 and 37 prefixFirst year of Nogales production, apparently for some brasses
Eastlake, OH and Nogales, AZ [?]
1988
S76618-S81115 and 38 prefix
I do not know if Nogales brass production continued past 1987
Eastlake, OH1989
39 prefix [all models]

Eastlake, OH1990
40 prefix

Eastlake, OH1991
41 prefix

Eastlake, OH1992
42 prefix

Eastlake, OH1993
43 prefix
Eastlake, OH1994
44 prefix
Last year for serials indicative of year [add 50 to the first two digits to get year]
Eastlake, OH1995
5 prefix for brass, 7 prefix for saxes
The serials and model lineups changed considerably, and instruments can only be dated by era, as there are few tabs kept on when a specific horn was made
Eastlake, OH1996
5 prefix for brass, 7 prefix for saxesThe number prefixes, indicating the instrument type and factory, did not last long
Eastlake, OH1997
Eastlake, OH1998
Eastlake, OH1999
Last year with prefixes
Eastlake, OH2000
845371 (Conn 1BS 34)
Apparently a Conn Vintage One from 2000 has serial 845371
Eastlake, OH2001
* The S prefix, while used until the mid-80s, was not always seen on serial numbers. The Conn-Selmer resource guide appears to leave out the S prefixes on its serial number list, deduced from an observation made here: http://forum.saxontheweb.net/showthread.php?158653-Conn-Sax-Serial-number and http://www.trumpetmaster.com/vb/f139/conn-18b-53120-3.html#post555667