How to read the SELMER serial number list: The serial number listed next to the relevant year represents the last serial number allocated to that specific year. When in doubt, the series in question is recognizable in labels and also in structural details. Any info at all about the Bundy line would be helpful Its really got me curious now. Where the slide screws in, there is a little ML, and the serial number is 375418. The model designation was changed to either TS100 or TS-100 when it was realized that professional players were not buying this pro line.
We suspect this also to be the case for the other transitions, like, e.g., Balanced Action to Super Balanced Action.Īt any rate, the listed years of manufacture are reliable. the brand is Bundy, and down by the bell it says designed by Vincent Bach. The Model 164 was the first tenor introduced around serial number 823000 (notice the lack of the Omega title. We believe that the materials that were still on hand continued to be used, also possibly as favors for certain interested parties. Any info at all about the Bundy line would be helpful It's really got me curious now. By way of example, some Mark VI instruments were still built after the official introduction of the Mark VII. Where the slide screws in, there is a little ML, and the serial number is 375418. Of course, when you play more pro, you will miss same fatures like the adjustment of the thumbrest (right hand), and personally, the keys of alto D,E and F, which are too closer to the body of the horn. Only the demarcation between the individual series is not so clear. Bundy II is a great student sax, free blowing and good entonation. The numbers are definitively allocated to the relevant year of manufacture. This number is unique – no two Saxophones have the same number. Reliable serial number registration is an indispensable element in brand value!Įvery SELMER Saxophone is identified with a consecutive number.