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I have a Selmer Radio Improved Tenor in the shop that I was working on a complete mechanical overhaul on, and the serial number on the bell is 19xxx.
While I was working on it I noticed an additional serial number on the body - just below the Low D tone hole (just above the bow) - which was 13xxx
Now, I have seen multiple serial numbers that always match on different parts - thats pretty common. These 2 different numbers only share the 1st of the 5 digits (the number 1) - the other four are nothing alike - so it's not a typo.
Is the simplest answer the most probable - where sometime in this sax's life somebody added a Radio Improved Bell to an earlier horn (probably a super)?
Anybody have a different logical explanation?
Charlie
While I was working on it I noticed an additional serial number on the body - just below the Low D tone hole (just above the bow) - which was 13xxx
Now, I have seen multiple serial numbers that always match on different parts - thats pretty common. These 2 different numbers only share the 1st of the 5 digits (the number 1) - the other four are nothing alike - so it's not a typo.
Is the simplest answer the most probable - where sometime in this sax's life somebody added a Radio Improved Bell to an earlier horn (probably a super)?
Anybody have a different logical explanation?
Charlie