H. & A. Selmer, Paris Serial Number Listings

H. & A. SELMER, Paris

Trumpets:

Serial Number	Year Manufactured
251	1931
265	1932
571	1933
785	1934
1177	1935
1459	1936
1633	1937
1979	1938
2472	1939
3146	1940
3350	1941
3380	1942
3939	1943
4160	1944
4308	1945
4700	1946
5409	1947
6441	1948
7477	1949
8521	1950
9641	1951
10569	1952
12200	1953
13600	1954
15000	1955
16990	1956
18402	1957
19839	1958
21223	1959
23038	1960

Clarinets:

Serial Number	Year Manufactured
L Series:
L1000	12/1/31
L2100	1932
L3250	1933
L4300	1934
L5500	1935
L6600	1936
L7750	1937
L8800	1938
L9900	1939
M Series:
M1000	2/1/39
M2400	1940
M3400	1944 (during)
M6000	1945 (during)
M8000	1946 (during)
N Series:
N100	10/1/46
N1000	2/1/47
N2800	1948
N4900	1949
N6600	1950
N8100	1951
P Series:
P1200	1952
P4200	1953
P7400	1954
Q Series:
Q1100	1955
Q4350	1956
Q7290	1957
R Series:
R1200	1958
R6100	1959
S Series:
S1150	1960
S4160	1961
S7390	1962
T Series:
T1400	1963
T5800	1964
U Series:
U1100	1965
U5700	1966
V Series:
V1000	1967
V4800	1968
V7900	1969
W Series:
W1700	1970
W5900	1971
X Series:
X1500	1972
X6400	1973
Y Series:
Y1200	1974
Y6300	1975
Z Series:
Z1100	1976
Z5200	1977

Saxophones:

Serial Number	Year Manufactured
Selmer Bari Sax #969	4/1/27
Selmer C Melody #4000	4/1/27
Selmer Alto #4300	9/1/27
Selmer Soprano #5000	4/1/27
6,000 - Alto	11/1/27
7,000 - Alto	4/1/28
8,000 - Alto	12/1/28
9,000 - Baritone	11/2/28
9,000 - Soprano	9/25/28
10,000	6/12/29
11,000	10/8/29
12,000	2/28/30
13,000	9/1/30
"CIGAR CUTTER"
14,000	4/1/31
15,000	10/1/31
16,000	4/7/31
17,000	11/15/32
18,000	7/15/33
19,000	4/1/34
20,000	3/27/35
21,000	11/15/35
"BALANCED ACTION"
22,000	4/10/36
23,000	12/18/36
24,000	5/1/37
25,000	1/27/38
26,000	10/10/38
27,000	5/15/39
28,000	9/8/39
29,000	12/15/39
30,000	10/15/40
33,000	6/1/47
34,000	10/6/47
"SUPER BALANCED ACTION"
35,000	1/30/48
36,000	11/1/48
37,000	11/8/49
38,000	4/30/49
39,000	11/25/49
40,000	5/11/50
41,000	6/20/50
42,000	12/5/50
43,000	5/15/51
44,000	11/9/51
45,000	8/29/51
"LOW A BARI SAX"
46,000	3/1/52
47,000	7/7/52
48,000	8/28/52
49,000	12/9/52
50,000	7/24/53
51,000	11/23/53
52,000	2/10/54
53,000	4/1/54
54,000	7/30/54
55,000	10/1/54
56,000	11/11/54
"MARK VI"
57,000	1/7/55
58,000	4/27/55
59,000	8/1/55
60,000	10/21/55
61,000	12/19/55
62,000	2/25/56
63,000	5/22/56
64,000	9/20/56
65,000	11/1/56
66,000	2/21/57
67,000	4/8/57
68,000	6/20/57
69,000	10/9/57
70,000	12/3/57
71,000	2/11/58
72,000	4/10/58
73,000	6/24/58
74,000	8/20/58
75,000	11/3/58
76,000	2/1/59
77,000	5/1/59
78,000	7/1/59
79,000	9/1/59
80,000	11/1/59
81,000	1/25/60
82,000	2/10/60
83,000	3/1/60
84,000	4/10/60
85,000	5/5/60
86,000	6/28/60
87,000	7/10/60
88,000	8/1/60
89,000	10/5/60
90,000	3/16/61
91,000	4/10/61
92,000	7/20/61
93,000	11/1/61
94,000	1/2/62
95,000	2/1/62
96,000	3/2/62
97,000	4/1/62
98,000	5/1/62
99,000	6/10/62
100,000	7/14/62
101,000	10/25/62
102,000	11/18/62
103,000	1/1/63
104,000	3/1/63
105,000	4/1/63
106,000	7/1/63
107,000	9/10/63
108,000	10/15/63
109,000	11/1/63
110,000	1/2/64
111,000	2/10/64
112,000	4/1/64
113,000	5/1/64
114,000	6/1/64
115,000	8/1/64
116,000	9/28/64
117,000	10/15/644
118,000	11/17/64
119,000	12/15/64
120,000	4/23/65
129,000	1/2/66
137,000	1/2/67
149,000	1/2/68
160,000	1/2/69
171,000	1/2/70
182,000	1/2/71
192,000	1/2/72
204,000	1/2/73
218,000	1/2/74
231,000	1/2/75
"MARK VII"
243,000	1/2/76
256,000	1/2/77
272,000	1/2/78
282,000	1/2/79
300,000	1/2/80
327,300	1981
"SUPER ACTION 80"
340,200	1982
353,300	1983
366,400	1984
378,800	1985
391,000	1986
"SUPER ACTION 80 SERIES II"
406,000	1987

Important Dates:
1924 - Modele' 1924 Serial No. 957 shown in folder
1924 (late) - Modele' 22 Serial No. 980 known to exist
1930 - New "Large Bore" models
1931 - First Super Models manufactured; often referred to as "Cigar Cutter"
1935 - Balanced Action model
1947 - late 1954 - Super Action Saxophone
1951 (late) - First Low A Baritone Saxophone
1954 - Mark VI
1975 - Mark VII
1981 - Super Action 80
1986 - Super Action 80, Series II

The first Selmer clarinets were made in 1890. By 1900 Selmer was also manufacturing Alto Clarinets, Bass Clarinets, Flutes, Oboes, and English Horns. In 1904 Henri joined with his brother Alexandre to form H. & A. Selmer. Alexandre was an accomplished clarinetist and was able to help Henri while a clarinetist with the Boston Symphony. Henri died in 1941; Alexandre in 1951. At about 1918, George Bundy retained the rights to American distribution.
While Selmer manufactured Mark VII Alto and Tenor saxes they continued to make Mark VI Soprano and Bari saxes for some time.
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