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Flute Serial Numbers

Armstrong Lot
Artley Pearl
Benge Powell
Gemeinhardt Selmer
Haynes Buffet
Emerson  

 

Armstrong (currently owned by UMI)

Armstrong
Serial # Date
Prefix "24" series 1974
Prefix "3" to "9" series 1973
Prefix 1,2,3, etc. mid-1972
Prefix "V" series 1972
Prefix "R" series 1970
Prefix A, B, C
(minus H, I, O, Q, W, Y & Z)
1965
18,000 - 67,000 1949 - 1965


Note: From 1974 to Present - The prefix number plus 50 will give you the date manufactured
Example: Serial# 24-58637 = 24 + 50 = 1974

 

Pearl (currently owned by)

 

 

Geimenhardt (currently owned by)

 

 

Artley (currently owned by UMI)


 
Artley Flutes and Metal Piccolos
1952 - Present
Date Serial Number
1952 10000
1953 12000
1954 15000
1955 19000
1956 25000
1957 34000
1958 45000
1959 56000
1960 68000
1961 80000
1962 92000
1963 104000
1964 118000
1965 134000
1966 153000
1967 186000
1968 214000
(Bass Flutes 0043 – 0059)
1969 237000
1970 26400
1971 295325 - 322854
1972 322855 - 356526
1973 356527 - 396152
1974 396153 - 438130
1975 438131 - 472995
1976 472996 - 498126
1977 498127 - 523041
1978 523042 - 553155
1979 553156 - 587764
1980 587765 - 618788
1981 618789 - 643979
1982 643980 - 656814
1983 656815 - 677772 & Prefix "33"
1984 677773 - 687751 & prefix "34"
Note: From 1983 to present,
add 50 to the serial number prefix
to calculate the year of manufacture.
Artley Plastic and Wood Piccolos
1961 - present
Date Serial Number
1961 100 - 137
1962 138 - 277
1963 278 - 327
1964 328 - 417
1965 418 - 466
1966 467 - 584
1967 585 - 727
1968 728 - 847
1969 848 - 979
1970 980 - 1081
1971 1082 - 1135
1973 1136 - 1425
1974 2057 - 2573
1975 2574 - 3702
1976 3703 - 4456
1977 4457 - 4703
1978 4704 - 5304
1979 5305 - 5782
1980 5783 - 6191
1981 6192 -
1982 prefix "33"
Note: From 1983 to present,
add 50 to the serial number prefix
to calculate the year of manufacture.
Artley Clarinets
1971 – present
Date Serial Number
1971 1000
1972 7901
1973 20001
1974 38001
1975 51701
1976 64701 - 75587
1977 75588 - 86511
1978 86512 - 100130
1979 100131 - 117758
1980 117759 - 135153
1981 135154 - 147454
1982 147455 - 165582
1983 165583 - 179967
1984 179968 - 199870
1985 199871 - 211588
1986 211589 - 231553
1987 231554 - 253170
1988 253171 - 265112
3811988 - 3821777
1989 3900001 - 3930368
1990 4000000 - 4000600
4030001 - 4055555
1991 4100001 - 4129999
Artley Double Reeds
1983 - present
Note: From 1983 to present,
add 50 to the serial number prefix
to calculate the year of manufacture.

Example: # 33-42562
33 + 50 = 1983

 

 

 

Benge (currently owned by UMI)

Date Serial Number
Before 1973 up to 10,000
1973 10,000
1974 12,000
1975 14,000
1976 18,000
1977 21,000
1978 26,000
1979 30,000
1981 34,000

 

Wm S. Haynes

Wm S. HAYNES
Flutes and Piccolos Since 1888
Wm. S. Haynes Co., Inc.
12 Piedmont Street
Boston, MA 02116
phone: (617) 482-7456

web site: http://www.wmshaynes.com/

#507 to #11641

#11985 to #32163

#33033 to #49863

Serial number

Year of make

507

1900

612

1901

655

1902

720

1903

783

1904

873

1905

1003

1906

1125

1907

1279

1908

1436

1909

1666

1910

1889

1911

2137

1912

2408

1913

2698

1914

3002

1915

3352

1916

3804

1917

4422

1918

5002

1919

5572

1920

6120

1921

6630

1922

7099

1923

7613

1924

8191

1925

8883

1926

9469

1927

10075

1928

10655

1929

11167

1930

11641

1931

Serial number

Year of make

11985

1932

12259

1933

12484

1934

12854

1935

14248

1936

14748

1937

15275

1938

15639

1939

16042

1940

16464

1941

17057

1942

17799

1943

17861

1944

17890

1945

18010

1946

18487

1947

19154

1948

19929

1949

20644

1950

21456

1951

22187

1952

22820

1953

28517

1954

24326

1955

25246

1956

26214

1957

27242

1958

28334

1959

29359

1960

30296

1961

31238

1962

32163

1963

Serial Number

Year of make

33033

1964

33946

1965

34788

1966

35601

1967

36439

1968

37279

1969

37975

1970

38715

1971

39506

1972

40271

1973

41006

1974

41730

1975

42419

1976

43161

1977

43926

1978

44706

1979

45535

1980

46230

1981

46842

1982

47242

1983

48554

1984

47763

1985

47923

1986

48107

1987

48324

1988

48559

1989

48782

1990

49016

1991

49217

1992

49447

1993

49653

1994

49863

1995

Powell

Verne Q. Powell
Flute since 1927
Verne Q. Powell Flutes, Inc.
257 Crescent Street
Waltham, MA 02154
Phone: (781) 647-4111
Web site: http://www.powellflutes.com/

Serial number

Year of make

1 - 17

1927

18

1928

618

1945

691

1946

696

1947

1238

1953

3825

1972

9550

1995

Louis Lot

Louis Lot
Flutes

Serial number

Year of make

1-72

1855

73-156

1856

157-230

1857

231-330

1858

331-425

1859

426-509

1860

510-603

1861

604-710

1862

711-795

1863

796-883

1864

884-981

1866

Serial number

Year of make

982-1079

1865

1080-1177

1867

1178-1275

1868

1276-1375

1869

1376-1498

1870

1499-1621

1871

1622-1746

1872

1747-1866

1873

1867-1986

1874

1987-2106

1875

2107-2226

1876

 

Emerson

 

 

Altus

Muramatsu

 

Selmer

Apparently George Bundy designed the first Selmer flute in 1920's named "Original Haynes". In the mid 1920's they moved production from New York City to Elkhart, Indiana.

 

 

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