- CONN PAN AMERICAN CLARINET SERIAL NUMBERS SERIAL NUMBERS
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Emphasis on "could be." As far as saxophones go, some Pan Americans were obvious stencils of Conn New Wonder (and later) instruments wile others were made with the very different Pan American tooling.
CONN PAN AMERICAN CLARINET SERIAL NUMBERS PROFESSIONAL
They were cheaper instruments and could be called "intermediate quality." The design could be totally different from the professional Conn instruments of the time. The chart I link to is completely synthetic and gives you a "good idea" of when something was made, but it's not the 100% source of truth.
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There is no serial number chart directly from Conn or Conn-Selmer that lists stencil or second line serial numbers. * Provided the clarinet is a Conn stencil or second line (more on that in a bit), the instrument was probably made closer to the late 1920s or even later.Ĭonn had different serial number charts for each instrument family (clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, Sarrusophone, etc.), which is annoying. I do not have enough Conn clarinet knowledge to accurately identify one. Also, I'm going off of Steve's experience that this clarinet was made by Conn.
Please note that I'm not an expert on Pan American instruments or Conn stencils. I use it as a spare and when camping.I shall add a dissenting opinion and not intending any offense. The tone is almost as good as the Buffet, though - without entering into mysticism, and without a spectrum analyzer I can say no more about the sound quality. The keywork and intonation are decidedly inferior. Personally, I like mine, but not as well as my pre-R13 Buffet. I have heard various claims about their desirability as collector items, but the Museum could shed no light on this point. The experiment failed failed, possibly without good reason. In summary, these 'rosewood' look Pan American clarinets were a brief post war experiment in producing wood laminate clarinets with the durability of plastic (resonite) and an attractive finish. I find this striking because I had been informed by a instrument salesman familiar with the line that they had been guaranteed never to crack! As a consequence of this bad reputation the line eventually died. They would have probably been successful but a bad batch of wood was used and they got a reputation for cracking. Records were destroyed so no serial number information is available. They were manufactured from 1947 until 1949 or 1950.
Production started soon after WWII as Conn got it's instrument lines running. I contacted the museum, and was told the following: The instruments in question are actually 'Violin Finish' clarinets manufactured for the Conn Pan American student line. I was referred to the Shrine to Music Museum (anyone heard of this museum? Their phone number is 60).
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The Conn serial numbers on are not relevant to Pan American clarinets, so it is not vintage 1926. I called UMI (Conn) in Elkhart, and the person in customer service told me they had NO SERIAL NUMBER lists for Pan Americans.
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