When was you Martin saxophone made
If you want to know how old your saxophone is you need the serialnumber of your horn. (you can find it on the back of the body near the righthand thumbrest).
(MHO) There are TWO ranges of serialnumbers.
Range 1 for the professional Martin instruments.
Range 2 for their student/Intermediate line
For the following horns you will need to use range 2.:
Indiana, Imperials (modern ones), Medalists
When range 2 reached 100.000 they also switched to the range 1 for their student/Intermediate line
For all the other models you can use range 1
To found out the age of your horn just look for the serialnumber closest to yours. This is no rocketscience, and you probably will not find the exact number of your horn in this list.
I believe that the serialnumber range 1 of the Martin plant is used for all Martin made instruments.
Meaning, you can also date trumpets, trombone and other horns with this list.
But remember, this is not exact science.
Year | Serial# range 1 | Serial# range 2 |
---|---|---|
1919 | 17221 | |
1920 | 19482 | |
1921 | 19933 | |
23781 | ||
1922 | 29942 | |
1923 | 34838 | |
1924 | 40644 | |
1925 | 48489 | |
54853 | ||
1926 | 67852 | |
172051 | ||
1927 | 79254 | |
1928 | 86687 | |
1929 | 92536 | 1027 |
1930 | 98324 | 2982 |
1931 | 101622 | 7119 |
1932 | 105096 | |
1933 | 106546 | |
1934 | 108301 | & bsp; |
1935 | 111253 | 10758 |
1936 | 116551 | 14526 |
1937 | 118038 | 15396 |
1938 | 126998 | 18861 |
1939 | 132070 | 20563 |
1940 | 136040 | 23231 |
1941 | 140199 | 24572 |
1942 | 144455 | 26643 |
1943 | 145322 | |
1944 | Production stop | |
1945 | 145352 | |
1946 | 154289 | |
1947 | 161520 | |
1948 | 165326 | |
1949 | 170395 | |
1950 | 172215 | |
172449 | ||
1951 | 175140 | |
1952 | 179317 | 41693 |
1953 | 183125 | 45824 |
1954 | 187614 | 49586 |
1955 | 193747 | |
1956 | 196213 | 56162 |
1957 | 201917 | 66719 |
1958 | 203809 | 66727 |
1959 | 205377 | 70988 |
1960 | 209089 | 76224 |
1961 | 211675 | 81885 |
1962 | 213999 | 87850 |
1963 | 218855 | |
1967 | 305102 |