12 datable makers of 18

Saxophone serial numbers

Where the serial number on a saxophone lives: on the lower body tube near the neck receiver, or at the bell bow — lightly engraved, sometimes two numbers on one horn.

Datable makers

B

Buescher

USA — Saxophone52 ranges · 1905–1983try 707499
C

Conn

USA — Saxophone · Clarinet82 ranges · 1895–1991try 429625
D

Dolnet

France — Saxophone15 ranges · 1935–1980try 17599
H

Holton

USA — Saxophone149 ranges · 1901–1980try 469975
K

Keilwerth

Germany — Saxophone72 ranges · 1925–2007try 52275
K

King (H.N. White)

USA — Saxophone16 ranges · 1883–1986try 681363
M

Martin

USA — Saxophone146 ranges · 1902–1964try 459399
S

Selmer Paris

France — Saxophone · Clarinet101 ranges · 1922–2022try 661250
S

Selmer USA (Bundy)

USA — Saxophone · Clarinet13 ranges · 1948–1983try 707499
S

SML

France — Saxophone47 ranges · 1935–1981try 13499
V

Vito (Leblanc)

USA / Japan — Saxophone · Clarinet28 ranges · 1972–1999try 6539033
Y

Yanagisawa

Japan — Saxophone33 ranges · 1980–2014try 228500

Makers without a public chart

B

Beaugnier

France — SaxophoneNo public chart
C

Couesnon

France — SaxophoneNo public chart
G

Grassi

Italy — SaxophoneNo public chart
S

Selmer London

UK — SaxophoneNo public chart
S

Soviet / Chinese copies

USSR/CN — SaxophoneNo public chart
Y

Yamaha

Japan — Saxophone · Clarinet · FluteNo public chart