[Pinnman]

The question I can never find an answer to is, were all the saxes made and then numbered sequentially or was a range of numbers allocated to each assembler? I suspect the latter, in which case the later number could even have been made first! Production for that ea was low, so anything could have happened in terms of number allocation.

I can understand your interest in this, but I have to say, wow!, when looking at two such beautiful instruments - I really would not be overly concerned about which is the older brother.

 

[Pinnman]

Thanks for your reply, BigHunk. Just for idle interest, my daughter just took a holiday in Okinawa; she's working in Tokyo for a year and loves every minute of her time in your country.