[rhysonsax]

I just got back from long term loan my Buffet Crampon baritone, which seems to be a transitional model between the SDA and the S-1. The engraving on the bell doesn't mention either model by name and neither is it marked on the back of the body tube.

I wanted to check the serial number against some lists to get an idea of when it was made, but I just can't find a number in any of the usual places.

Where should I be looking ?

Rhys

 

[nigeld]

On my S1 alto, the serial number is hiding at the bottom of the body tube to one side, partly hidden under some keywork rods.

 

[Graysax]

For a serial number - look under the low C/Eb rod near the touch pieces.

 

[vries1]

No experience with BC.

Unusual places that I know of:
Couesnon: behind LH pinky table; on the body, under the RH 1 (F) key; under the neck cork (duh...).
Beaugnier: on the lyre holder.

 

[rhysonsax]

Many thanks to you for those suggestions. The serial number is almost totally hidden towards the bottom of the body tube under the rods for the low Eb/C, just as suggested by nigeld and by Graysax.

It turns out to read 24,9xx and the chart here: https://www.saxophone.org/museum/serialNumbers tells me that means 1976/77 well into the S-1 model run. I have no idea why S-1 is not marked on the instrument.

Rhys

 

[turf3]

Does it have more or less the normal engraving, just "S-1" not engraved?

I expect these were all done by hand, so an error is not unheard of. Somewhere there's a photo of a Conn 10M engraving in which the "lady" in the pentagon is upside down!

 

[milandro]

sometimes S1 is not marked, there are also some S1 which are marker super dyna action and some soprano sda which are marked S1

 

[rhysonsax]

Does it have more or less the normal engraving, just "S-1" not engraved?

I expect these were all done by hand, so an error is not unheard of. Somewhere there's a photo of a Conn 10M engraving in which the "lady" in the pentagon is upside down!

Yes, normal floral engraving on the bell, but no S-1 in a diamond.

Rhys