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Yamaha Brass Serial Number Lookup: Find Out When and Where Your Instrument Was Made



The serial number on YAMAHA VERTICAL PIANOS is stamped on the gold colored plate on the inside of the piano as illustrated in the vertical piano picture. The serial number can be seen by opening the toplid of the piano and looking inside.




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Despite purchasing all of the assets of the Adolphe Sax Company in 1928, Selmer did not start selling saxophones bearing the Adolphe Sax name until 1931. The last Adolphe Sax saxophone recorded in the Selmer Paris archives was sold in 1944. Its likely that production of Adolphe Sax instruments ceased at the onset of WWII sometime after May of 1940. Any Adolphe Sax instrument sold after this date was most likely already made or assemble from pre-existing parts. For example, the record shows that all of the recorded Adolphe Sax instrument sales between 1940-1941 were from instruments already manufactued between 1931-36. There is a fairly detailed record of these instruments recorded in a log book in the Selmer archives in Paris up to 1936 through serial number 1364. The record is much less complete after 1936. Instruments manufactured after 1936 range in serial number from 1350-3600. The log book shows the serial numbers jumping around quite a bit for the Selmer/Adolphe Sax saxophones. Even so, its possible from this record to assemble a basic serial number chart for these instruments. Some instruments were stamped H. Selmer and some were not. All were stamped Adolphe Sax 84 Rue Myrha. By comparing early verses later instruments, it becomes clear that some Adolphe Sax Selmer saxophones were assembled from the old Adolphe Sax tooling and other were put togther using parts and tooling from the Selmer St. Louis Gold Metal model instruments.


The model name and serial number of the product are displayed at the back of your product or on the service sticker, typically found on the underside or back of your product. Below are some pictorial examples to help you.


As a result, the market for pro flugelhorns is probably dominatedby Yamaha. They make high quality products that are priced reasonablyand benefit from the market saturation of Yamaha dealers (i.e., theyare easy to find, try and buy). Yamaha has three pro models. TheYFH631, has a 0.433 inch bore, a rose brass bell, and clear lacquer.Its introduction dates back to the days when Yamaha product numbershad only three digits and 6xx meant lacquer and 7xx meant silverplated. This horn lists for $1,571, but is priced at $960 atGiardinelli. Yamaha describes the horn, with a rose brass bell andclear lacquer, as having "a clear light sound". The companion horn,theYFH731 is silver plated and has a yellow brass bell, but isotherwise identical to the YFH 631. The 731 lists at $1694, but isstreet priced at $1035. Yamaha describes it as "somewhat darkersounding than the 631," though silver plated, rather than lacquered.Many feel that silver brightens a flugel so flugels are more popularin lacquer than are trumpets. As mentioned above, the Yamaha 631/731,with its 0.433 bore appears to be a medium bore flugels and is uniquein that regard, when compared to all the other models.


Most of the Yamaha pro model brasses are made in Japan though acouple of models are made in the United States, including the YFH-631and -731 flugelhorns. You can tell what is made in the US by theserial number. If the number has an "A" following it, the horn wasmade in Grand Rapids. No "A" would indicate it was made in Japan. 2ff7e9595c


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