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Trombone Serial Number Lists
This page contains serial number lists (well, one list for now and hopefully more eventually) to help you estimate the approximate date of manufacture of your trombone. I hope to add to and continually update this list - please do let me know if you spot any errors or omissions.
Please take a few moments to read my copyright notice and disclaimer if you haven't done so already.
Trombone Serial Number Lists |
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| Manufacturer (Parent Company) | Serial Number | Year of Manufacture | Other information |
| Amati-Denak | |||
| Vincent Bach (Selmer) | This list was created by Gordon Cherry and is reproduced here with his kind permission. | ||
| 1 | 1929 | ||
| 200 | 1933 | ||
| 400 | 1935 | ||
| 1600 | 1940 | ||
| 2500 | 1945 | ||
| 3400 | 1950 | ||
| 4500 | 1955 | ||
| 5700 | 1960 | ||
| 5950 | 1961 | ||
| 6900 | 1964 | ||
| 8000 | 1965 | ||
| 11800 | 1970 | ||
| 17500 | 1975 | ||
| 41000 | 1980 | ||
| 55000 | 1983 | ||
| Besson (pre-Boosey & Hawkes) | This list was created by Gordon Cherry and is reproduced here with his kind permission. | ||
| 3070 | 1905 | ||
| 9000 | 1908 | ||
| 1912 | 9950 | ||
| 1916 | 10800 | ||
| 1919 | 11600 | ||
| 1935 | 13950 | ||
| Boosey & Company (pre-Boosey & Hawkes) | This list was created by Gordon Cherry and is reproduced here with his kind permission. | ||
| 1891 | 39632 | ||
| 1892 | 41506 | ||
| 1893 | 43393 | ||
| 1894 | 45080 | ||
| 1895 | 46572 | ||
| 1896 | 47880 | ||
| 1897 | 49539 | ||
| 1898 | 51590 | ||
| 1899 | 53895 | ||
| 1900 | 56375 | ||
| 1901 | 59198 | ||
| 1902 | 61677 | ||
| 1903 | 64179 | ||
| 1904 | 68978 | ||
| 1906 | 71718 | ||
| 1907 | 73814 | ||
| 1908 | 75600 | ||
| 1909 | 77423 | ||
| 1910 | 79257 | ||
| 1911 | 81723 | ||
| 1912 | 83688 | ||
| 1913 | 85996 | ||
| 1914 | 88523 | ||
| 1915 | 93415 | ||
| 1916 | 98316 | ||
| 1917 | 100679 | ||
| 1918 | 103990 | ||
| 1919 | 104183 | ||
| 1920 | 108455 | ||
| 1921 | 111174 | ||
| 1922 | 114261 | ||
| 1923 | 116945 | ||
| 1924 | 119411 | ||
| 1925 | 121910 | ||
| 1926 | 125285 | ||
| 1927 | 128009 | ||
| 1928 | 131460 | ||
| 1929 | 134299 | ||
| 1930 | 136685 | ||
| 1931 | 138565 | ||
| 1932 | 140164 | ||
| 1933 | 141820 | ||
| 1934 | 145643 | ||
| Hawkes Brass (pre-Boosey & Hawkes) | This list was created by Gordon Cherry and is reproduced here with his kind permission. | ||
| 1914 | 32000 | ||
| 1915 | 39000 | ||
| 1930 | 60000 | ||
| Boosey & Hawkes | This list was created by Gordon Cherry and is reproduced here with his kind permission. | ||
| 1935 | 145199 | ||
| 1936 | 146673 | ||
| 1937 | 148811 | ||
| 1938 | 151140 | ||
| 1939 | 153435 | ||
| 1940 | 155743 | ||
| 1941 | 155774 | ||
| 1942 | 159290 | ||
| 1943 | 159898 | ||
| 1944 | 160568 | ||
| 1945 | 161408 | ||
| 1946 | 162913 | ||
| 1947 | 165575 | ||
| 1948 | 169451 | ||
| 1949 | 172247(?) | ||
| 1950 | 171903(?) | ||
| 1951 | 177608 | ||
| 1952 | 180519 | ||
| 1953 | 182842 | ||
| 1954 | 185201 | ||
| 1955 | 192569 | ||
| 1956 | 211560 | ||
| 1957 | 238659 | ||
| 1958 | 269345 | ||
| 1959 | 288450 | ||
| 1960 | 303448 | ||
| CG Conn | This list was created by Gordon Cherry and is reproduced here with his kind permission. Readers browsing this site should be aware that another new numbering system (not included below) was introduced in the mid-1970s. The system was as follows: a first character (alphabet) indicating decade (e.g. "G" for 1970's, "H" for 1980's, etc.), a second character (alphabet) indicating month of year (e.g. "A" for January, "B" for February, etc.), a third character (numeral) indicating year of decade and a fourth character (numeral) indicating instrument type (1 - Cornet, 2 - Trumpet, 3 - Alto, 4 - French Horn, 5 - Mellophonium, 6 - Valve Trombone, 7 - Slide Trombone, 8 - Baritone/Euphonium, 9 - Tuba, 10 - Sousaphone). | ||
| 1 | 1876 | ||
| 700 | 1877 | ||
| 1700 | 1878 | ||
| 3000 | 1879 | ||
| 5000 | 1880 | ||
| 6000 | 1881 | ||
| 7000 | 1882 | ||
| 8000 | 1883 | ||
| 9000 | 1884 | ||
| 10,500 | 1885 | ||
| 12,000 | 1886 | ||
| 13,000 | 1887 | ||
| 14,000 | 1888 | ||
| 16,500 | 1889 | ||
| 18,000 | 1890 | ||
| 20,000 | 1891 | ||
| 22,500 | 1892 | ||
| 25,000 | 1893 | ||
| 27,500 | 1894 | ||
| 29,000 | 1895 | ||
| 34,000 | 1896 | ||
| 40,000 | 1897 | ||
| 46,700 | 1898 | ||
| 52,000 | 1899 | ||
| 58,000 | 1900 | ||
| 66,700 | 1901 | ||
| 71,000 | 1902 | ||
| 76,000 | 1903 | ||
| 82,000 | 1904 | ||
| 88,000 | 1905 | ||
| 94,000 | 1906 | ||
| 100,000 | 1907 | ||
| 106,000 | 1908 | ||
| 111,000 | 1909 | ||
| 116,000 | 1910 | ||
| 121,000 | 1911 | ||
| 126,000 | 1912 | ||
| 130,150 | 1913 | ||
| 132,400 | 1914 | ||
| 137,000 | 1915 | ||
| 142,575 | 1916 | ||
| 146,600 | 1917 | ||
| 155,000 | 1918 | ||
| 165,900 | 1919 | ||
| 169,500 | 1920 | ||
| 175,500 | 1921 | ||
| 190,450 | 1922 | ||
| 198,475 | 1923 | ||
| 206,700 | 1924 | ||
| 219,850 | 1925 | ||
| 230,900 | 1926 | ||
| 239,500 | 1927 | ||
| 252,900 | 1928 | ||
| 263,200 | 1929 | ||
| 273,700 | 1930 | ||
| 280,130 | 1931 | ||
| 281,360 | 1932 | ||
| 289,743 | 1933 | ||
| 294,687 | 1934 | ||
| 300,690 | 1935 | ||
| 307,996 | 1936 | ||
| 315,575 | 1937 | ||
| 322,650 | 1938 | ||
| 324,859 | 1939 | ||
| 327,850 | 1940 | ||
| 338,500 | 1941 | ||
| 348,150 | 1942 | ||
| 354,600 | 1943 | ||
| 355,500 | 1944 | ||
| 355,750 | 1945 | ||
| 355,850 | 1946 | ||
| 366,650 | 1947 | ||
| 376,100 | 1948 | ||
| 383,650 | 1949 | ||
| 389,600 | 1950 | ||
| 389,600 | 1950 | ||
| 396,300(?) | 1951 | ||
| 393,301(?) | 1952 | ||
| 420,057 | 1953 | ||
| 427,301 | 1954 | ||
| 500,001 | 1955 | ||
| 571,850 | 1956 | ||
| 652,002 | 1957 | ||
| 718,696 | 1958 | ||
| 779,657 | 1959 | ||
| 834,200 | 1960 | ||
| 898,556 | 1961 | ||
| 949,456 | 1962 | ||
| C00,501 | 1963 | ||
| C73,854 | 1964 | ||
| E73,106 | 1965 | ||
| R31,247 | 1966 | ||
| A Courtois | |||
| Getzen Co | |||
| Holton | This list was created by Gordon Cherry and is reproduced here with his kind permission. | ||
| 0-253 | 1901 | ||
| 254 | 1902 | ||
| 476 | 1903 | ||
| 526 | 1904 | ||
| 1151 | 1905 | ||
| 1872 | 1906 | ||
| 3345 | 1907 | ||
| 4630 | 1908 | ||
| 4630 | 1909 | ||
| 9474 | 1910 | ||
| 12402 | 1911 | ||
| 15950 | 1912 | ||
| 20807 | 1913 | ||
| 21100 | 1914 | ||
| 31622 | 1915 | ||
| 33671 | 1916 | ||
| 37909 | 1917 | ||
| 41070-43972 | 1918 | ||
| 55000-55249 | 1918 | ||
| 43973-47600 | 1919 | ||
| 55250-57040 | 1919 | ||
| 47601-49817 | 1920 | ||
| 57041-58499 | 1920 | ||
| 70000-70549 | 1920 | ||
| 49818-51999 | 1921 | ||
| 58500-59499 | 1921 | ||
| 70550-73199 | 1921 | ||
| 59500-60599 | 1922 | ||
| 73200-76099 | 1922 | ||
| 60600-61649 | 1923 | ||
| 76100-81000 | 1923 | ||
| 61650-62199 | 1924 | ||
| 81001-85600 | 1924 | ||
| 62200-62899 | 1925 | ||
| 85900-89849 | 1925 | ||
| 62900-63149 | 1926 | ||
| 89850-92799 | 1926 | ||
| 63150-63299 | 1927 | ||
| 92800-97199 | 1927 | ||
| 63300-63549 | 1928 | ||
| 97200-101399 | 1928 | ||
| 63550-63849 | 1929 | ||
| 101400-105199 | 1929 | ||
| 63850-64049 | 1930 | ||
| 105200-108399 | 1930 | ||
| 64050-64149 | 1931 | ||
| 108400-111049 | 1931 | ||
| 111099 | 1932 | ||
| 113900 | 1933 | ||
| 115000 | 1934 | ||
| 117300 | 1935 | ||
| 118600 | 1936 | ||
| 120600 | 1937 | ||
| 122900 | 1938 | ||
| 125850 | 1939 | ||
| 132800 | 1940 | ||
| 140100 | 1941 | ||
| 151300 | 1942 | ||
| 154200 | 1943 | ||
| 154700 | 1944 | ||
| 154900 | 1945 | ||
| 156100 | 1946 | ||
| 165600 | 1947 | ||
| 182000 | 1948 | ||
| 198300 | 1949 | ||
| 210300 | 1950 | ||
| 220500 | 1951 | ||
| 232600 | 1952 | ||
| 243350 | 1953 | ||
| 254100 | 1954 | ||
| 269000 | 1955 | ||
| 281400 | 1956 | ||
| 293700 | 1957 | ||
| 307400 | 1958 | ||
| 315700 | 1959 | ||
| 326100 | 1960 | ||
| 337600 | 1961 | ||
| 348400 | 1962 | ||
| 358500 | 1963 | ||
| 373700 | 1964 | ||
| 388950 | 1965 | ||
| 403351 | 1966 | ||
| 436000 | 1967 | ||
| 455750 | 1968 | ||
| 467100 | 1969 | ||
| 483100 | 1970 | ||
| 496800 | 1971 | ||
| 504201 | 1972 | ||
| 519300 | 1973 | ||
| 524600 | 1974 | ||
| 529900 | 1975 | ||
| 535200 | 1976 | ||
| 542000 | 1977 | ||
| 548430 | 1978 | ||
| 553525 | 1979 | ||
| Jupiter (KHS) | |||
| King | This list was created by Gordon Cherry and is reproduced here with his kind permission. | ||
| FE Olds | This list was created by Gordon Cherry and is reproduced here with his kind permission. | ||
| 73,000 | 03/1952 | ||
| 80,000 | 07/1952 | ||
| 90,000 | 02/1953 | ||
| 100,000 | 10/1953 | ||
| 150,000 | 08/1955 | ||
| 200,000 | 11/1956 | ||
| 250,000 | 07/1958 | ||
| 300,000 | 09/1959 | ||
| 350,000 | 06/1958(?) | Probably 1960. | |
| 400,000 | 03/1962 | ||
| 450,000 | 02/1964 | ||
| 500,000 | 02/1965 | ||
| 550,000 | 06/1966 | ||
| 600,000 | 06/1967 | ||
| 650,000 | 06/1968 | ||
| 700,000 | 06/1969 | ||
| 750,000 | 06/1971 | ||
| 800,000 | 06/1972 | ||
| 850,000 | 10/1973 | ||
| 900,000 | 11/1974 | ||
| 950,000 | 04/1976 | ||
| 970,000 | 09/1976 | ||
| 990,000 | 03/1977 | ||
| 999,999 | 09/1977 | ||
| Yamaha | |||