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Paul, your 37 was manufacturer’s after 1965. I own a new old stock Bach 37 cornet, absolute pristine. The serial number of my cornet is 30836. The factory shop card indicated that it’s production date is April 15, 1965. My tax day horn! My guess is that yours was produced late ’65 or sometime ’66, but not 1964. Were some parts from Mt.

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Conn Cornet Serial Number Search 34074

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