This is a saxophone serial number lookup tool. Select your manufacturer and enter the serial and get the year it was made. Note: Not all serial number lists are accurate, but we do the best we can. If you see an error, let me know.
Data from Stohrer Sax Shop Companion
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Serial number data has been compiled and cross-referenced from multiple sources including:
- Adams Musical Instruments - Yanagisawa and Buffet data
- Allied Supply Corp. vintage catalogs
- Bassic-Sax.info - Encyclopedic vintage saxophone information
- Buescher Loyalist - Buescher serial numbers
- Cafe Saxophone Forum - Community research
- Conn-Selmer - Official Conn-Selmer historical resources
- Douglas Pipher’s Selmer Serial Number List - Definitive Selmer Paris reference
- Fred Cicetti’s research - SML serial number data
- Granlund Woodwind - Multiple manufacturer charts
- H.N. White Archives - King saxophone records
- Holton Loyalist - Holton serial numbers
- JazzBariSax.com - Buescher documentation
- Sax Gourmet - Serial number compilations
- Sax on the Web Forum - Community-sourced data and verification
- SaxPics.com - Encyclopedic saxophone information (no longer updated)
- Saxophone.org - The Encyclopaedia of the Saxophone
- The Conn Loyalist - Conn saxophone history
- The Martin Story - Martin saxophone history
- Uwe Ladwig’s research - Keilwerth serial number data