The remaining numbers indicated the production number within the month.įrom 1987 on, the two-digit prefix number plus 50 will give you the year of manufacture. The fourth character indicated the instrument: Waiting on cost estimate of making it playable. Will have to research the repair or replacement cost. The third character indicated the year within the decade (defined by the first letter). One of the piston valves has the finish worn off, down to the raw metal.

This list is not correct for Conn saxophones (see Conn Woodwind Serial Numbers) or Conn bugles (see Pan American Brass Serial Numbers). That includes cornets, trumpets, horns, trombones, euphoniums and basses. The second character indicated the month of the year This page contains a list of Conn serial numbers for brass instruments. The first character of the serial number indicated the decade In March of 1974 an alpha-numeric system was established: Trumpets will usually have a serial number on either side of their center valve. The years 1967 to March 1974 (when Conn moved their brass manufacturing to Abilene, Texas), is a period where at least some of the instruments were inferior in quality 1980-1986 numbers are inexact, and may relate only to student level trumpets/cornets

Conn trumpet serial number 365359