The only thing that I know, definitively about Malerne is that they were bought out by SML in the 1970s.For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.Added July 9, 2014: I wanted to add this because I keep forgetting to mention this and I get a lot of e-mails about it.
Serial number charts are a really bad way of determining what model horn you have. Muramatsu List Serial Number ChartAs an easy example, if you look at a serial number chart and it says the serial number is correct for a Selmer Mark VI, but the horn is stamped something completely different, like, Selmer New York, then you dont have a Mark VI. This can be confusing when the maker doesnt bother giving a name to the model horn you have, like SML. In the case of SML, if you have a horn that has, Gold Medal stamped on the bell and the serial number chart I wrote says its a Rev. Also note that sometimes manufacturers release one pitch of a certain horn earlier than other pitches. Sometimes Yanagisawa released the alto model first, sometimes a tenor or a soprano. If the serial number chart says that the T-4 was introduced in 1965 (making it up) and you have a horn stamped T-4 that has a 1963 serial number, its still a T-4. Finally, some manufacturers released a few prototype models before the model became standardized. So, if you have a horn thats labeled, Mark VII, and looks like its a Mark VII, its probably a Mark VII, regardless of what the serial number is. Before I get overly flamed, I know people will argue that, say, their Mark VII is really a Mark VI, even though its stamped Mark VII, but it has a Mark VI serial number. You could be right.) - Note that Yamaha serial numbers dont seem to correspond to anything, in particular. American-made stencils do not have extant serial number charts. There are some theories about Pan American serial numbers in comparison to Conn pro horns, but the theories dont always work. European stencils generally use the same charts as the horns they were stenciled from. I can kinda-sorta figure serial number charts for Dolnet and Hohner, as the former had an M70 model introduced in 1970 and the latter had an anniversary model stamped with the date. If youre enterprising, you could make a serial number chart. Weltklang serial number chart (Excel format). Some Ida Maria Grassi serial numberage. I created a provisional Dolnet serial number chart several years ago and then lost it. These also have serial numbers for a fairly large variety of makes and models. If you need me or just want to chat, e-mail me thesaxinfo-at-gmail.com. Check out the Bassic Sax TheSaxInfo Picture Galleries Quote of the Day: It sounds like a psychotic kazoo. Claude 013. Ive got some of my own serial charts I made, as well as links to saxpics.com. Ive got several other good charts in my archived bookmarks, too. Before 1937 (or so), there is a grenade fruit engravedstamped on the bell with a number. If you want Muramatsu or Gemeinhardt serials, you have to call them.
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