

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. I got a Conn trumpet from my band director, serial numbers bot matching up. The fourth character indicated the instrument: The third character indicated the year within the decade (defined by the first letter). The official description from Conn is listed below: The 'Shooting Star' is the unofficial name of the early Conn Director Trumpets. The second character indicated the month of the year Serial number K55481 dates this trumpet to 1967. The first character of the serial number indicated the decade In March of 1974 an alpha-numeric system was established: 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 Serial number: 287367 Circa 1973/74 Included is the original beautiful Black Gladstone case which is in good condition. These super rare horns were only made from 1973 to before 1977. This is a very hard to find and limitedly produced. 1980-1986 numbers are inexact, and may relate only to student level trumpets/cornets Reynolds Professional Era Trumpet With Case And Accessories.
