Hello, My saxophone was stolen from my house, and in order for me to be able to claim the money from the insurance I need to be identify as much details as possible on it. I bought it in 1990 (so calling all you Saxophone aficionados!) and I think I paid around £700 for it at the time. Aug 24, 2018 Sax serial numbers ranging. One pitfall with serial number dating is the practice of some. YamahaCollector Yamaha Loyalist. Search this site. This makes dating a Yamaha wind instrument from its serial number a difficult task. Evette Schaeffer Alto Saxophone Serial Numbers. A new Yamaha YAS 2. Vintage Buescher, Conn, Martin, King & Selmer Serial Numbers. There are quite a few saxophone serial number charts on the internet, these ones have mostly been adapted from existing manufacturers’ and saxophone enthusiasts’ charts. I will be adding more soon, as well as checking for accuracy and updating these with more historical.

According to Yamaha, the last listed serial year for production from this plant was 2010 starting with serial number H0105429. If the serial number in question is correct, then, it would indicate this piano was built sometime after 2010.
I just purchased a conn shooting star tenor sax. Serial number N94849. I started playing sax in June 04 with and alto selmer bundyII. This one says made in Mexico. From the info on the site its evidently not an expensive pro model, but it sounds great. (if I do say so myself, even with me playing it.) My question is.

This is an approximate guide to deciphering the meaning of the numbers and letters used to create the model numbers used on Yamaha Trumpets

1st Number - Range or Grade

The pre-1982 range of Yamaha Trumpets with three digit model numbers appear to have been marketed as such:

1xx : Standard / College

2xx : Standard / College

The sax could well have a four figure serial number. The bad news is that I'm really not sure if you will be able to deduce an age for your saxophone, as Yamaha saxophone serial numbers aren't sequential like most are.
Three years later, in 1967, the first saxophones to bear the Yamaha logo were brought to market. From the Yamaha serial numbers and purchase dates I've seen the Vito serials do match the. Yamaha Model Years from Yamahas Parts List.

And Ignace de Keyser first put dates to Sax's serial numbers in 1980 [5], Robert Howe refined them in the light of more recent evidence in 2003 [6] and Eugenia Mitroulia and I have put the most complete list online [7].

3xx : Standard / College

6xx : Professional

7xx : Professional

9xx : Custom

Does anyone have any old brochures or marketing material from this time that they are willing to sent to me or share as a .pdf?

Post-1982 with the change to the 4 digit model numbers, the marketing material suggests the following.

T-xxx : T Series (Student?)

xxx-Q : Q-Class (2005 only, Student?)

xxx-AD : Advantage (Student?)

1xxx : Standard

2xxx : Standard

3xxx : Intermediate

4xx : Intermediate (Rotary only)

4xxx : Intermediate

5xxx : Allegro (introduced 2010 - , intermediate?)

6xx : Professional (Flugel range only)

6xxx : Professional

6xxxH : Professional Heavywieght (introduced 1987, replaced by Xeno Range)

6xxxH : Maestro Range (UK Brass Band marketing, now marketed as NEO range except cornets)

6xxx : Professional Signature Series (Bob Shew, etc..)

8xx : Custom (Unique Japan only medium bore range)

8xxxH : Pre-Xeno (Custom?) (Japan only) 1986-1990

8xxxUS : Xeno I (Japan only, 1990-1994)

8xxxUSII: Xeno II (Japan only, 1994-2001

8xxx : Xeno (international model, 2001-)

8xxxZ : Custom Z (Bobby Shew)

9xx : Custom (Rotary only)

9xxx : Xeno Artist Series (Chicago, New York etc. introduced 2005-)

9xxx : Custom

Is shazam on netflix. 9xxx : Custom Artist (Allen Vizzutti, Bergeron, etc..)

As you can see there is quite a lot of varience in the way models are described, breaking away from the Range/Key/Bore/Model number structure.

2nd Number - Key or Pitch

Yamaha Saxophone Serial Number List

I think this seems to be fairly well established, although the listed items in italics are more theoretical.

1 - Bb Bass (eg: YTR-916) (as only one set of custom made Bass Trumpets exist it is hard to say whether this was the intent of the the series number but it seems to make sense although doesn't fit into the 3 digit model numbers.)

2 - Eb Alto (no known Eb Alto trumpets exist but it would make sense that the number 2 was reserved for this pitch.)

3 - Bb (eg: YTR-6335)

4 - C (eg: YTR-8445)

Yamaha Saxophone Serial Number Search Database

5 - D (eg: YTR-651)

6 - Eb/D (eg: YTR-6610)

7 - G/F (eg: YTR-9710)

8 - Bb/A Piccolo (eg: YTR-6810)

9 - C Piccolo (eg: YTR-9910)

3rd Number - Bore Size

I think this was probably the intended system when the 4 digit model numbers were developed, but it just seems to dissappear in any organised form as more models have been introduced into the range. There simply isn't enough (appropriate) numbers to accomodate all the possible bores in a logical sequence. Also worth noting is the variance of measurements in the same bore sizes. I'd like to work out if this is a deliberate change of measurement made by Yamaha for speccific models or simply anj case of the original imperial measurements being changed to decimal and back again, each time changing slightly for the previous. Any thoughts or knowledge in this area? The measurements I have are as follows:

1 = Step Bore (YTR-6310Z)

2 = M (Medium) (YTR-6320)

3 = ML (Medium Large) (YTR-6335)

4 = L (Large) (eg: YTR-8445

But this doesn't have space for the S (Small) Bore or MS (Medium Small) bore, nor does it differentiate between same bore sizes, so I'll list the measurements in order and assume that the number system simply doesn't hold true anymore, other than maybe the 3 and 4 designation.

Step Bore

S = 10.50mm / xxx' (eg: YTR-6810)

MS = 11.00mm / 0.433' (eg: YFH-631)

M = 11.24mm / 0.442' (eg: YTR-946)

M = 11.25mm / 0.443' (eg: YTR-948FFMS)

M = 11.30mm / 0.445' (eg: YTR-6310)

ML = 11.65mm / 0.459' (eg: YTR-6335H)

ML = 11.68mm / xxx' (eg: YTR-4335G)

L = 11.73mm / 0.462' (eg: YCR-2310II)

L = 11.76mm / xxx' (eg: YTR-6340)

L = 11.90mm / 0.469' (eg: YCR-8335)

If anyone wants to supply me with the correct fractional imperial measurements it would be appreciated.

4th Number - Model, Version or Design Series

I'm assuming the 4th number was originally intended to designate the model or design within a particular set up. Ie: a 6335 and 6330B are both Proffesional Level, Bb, and ML bore, but the final number differentiates between the actual design of the trumpet. for example, one may or may not have a 2 piece bell vs a 1 piece bell, a gold brass vs yellow brass or even the same but with slightly different brace positions. I think that this system worked initially until model models and artists developed and this system simply ceased to work as intended. The addition of letters as described below has been introduced to help over come the limited combinations of numbers only. As far as I can tell there is no specific meaning to each number other than to differentiate one from others.

Yamaha Saxophone Serial Number Lookup

EDIT: I have realized that this description is not actually correct for the last number. It basically alternates between a '0' or a '5' (with a few exceptions). The '0' represents trumpets with a reverse construction leadpipe, and the '5' represents a standard construction leadpipe. Of course this doesn't hold true for the higher pitched trumpets with tuning bells and adjustable receivers etc.

Letters

The use of letters is inconsistent so needs to be looked at individually for each model really.

Yamaha Saxophone Serial Number Search For Year

S = Silver Plate. The letter 'S' is used to denote Silver Plating. It is not used to denote a Small Bore even though the 'Custom' range of Bb and C trumpets from 1982-85 started including the bore size in the model number similar to Bach's (eg: YTR-9330ML). Additionally, note that 'S' is NOT used for ALL silver plated instruments though. It would appear that the 'S' is only used when a particular model is offered in