serial number ranges of the following models.pre 1895: These are the Worchester models. If you find anything else on it, update me.I am posting this for those of you curious as to what year or model your Conn saxophone might be. It is likely your sousaphone was French (your profile says you're from France). Conn is an American company, Jupiter is Taiwanese. These are the only possible manufacturers that I have found. This theory does not account for what the "1" means. Thus, if it is a Jupiter sousaphone, it would be a from 1995. The page also states all instruments made 1990 and later have a suffix of J. If the first number was a "0", would indicate that the instrument was manufactured in 1991. For example, if the serial number began with a number "4" you would then add "1" to this number and know that the instrument was manufactured in 1985. The resulting number then would represent the year after 1984 that the instrument was manufactured. The age of Jupiter instruments may be determined by adding one to the first digit of the serial number. This page about Jupiter instruments also gives serial numbers: This theory requires that there be six more letters, hidden under the paint.
X - either G for the 1970s or H for the 1980s.
The remaining four numbers of the serial number indicate the production number of the instrument on a monthly basis. The fourth character (number) indicates the specific type of instrument: "1" = Cornet, "2" = Trumpet, "3" = Alto Horn, "4" = French Horn, "5" = Mellophone, "6" = Valve Trombone, "7" = Slide Trombone, "8" = Baritone Horn & Euphonium, "9" = Tuba, and "10" = Sousaphone. The second character, also a letter, indicates the month of the year "A" for January, "B" for February, "C" for March, "D" for April, "E" for May, "F" for June, "G" for July, "H" for August, "I" for September, "J" for October, "K" for November, and "L" for December.The third character (a number) indicates the number of year within the decade (indicated earlier by the first letter). In March of 1974 an alpha-numeric system was established, where the first character (letter) of a serial number indicated the decade "G" for the 1970's, "H" for the 1980's, etc. This theory, unfortunately, does not account for the J. Instruments made during that period are not likely to be their best examples, as the workers were still relatively new at the manufacturing process. Data for the years 1967 to March 1974 is rather sketchy, for it was around that period of time that the Conn Brasswinds were being manufactured in Abilene, TX. This site gives lists of various serial numbers for Conn wind instruments.įrom 1987 on, the two-digit prefix number plus 50 will give you the year of manufacture on all Conn products.
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