Selmer Bass Clarinet Serial Number Chart

Selmer USA has manufactured various clarinets under the Signet brand since. The Selmer USA serial numbers for the forties, in the list that I have, show.

Conn-SelmerSerial Number Dates - DannyChesnut.com 'Sax Chesnut Serial Number Chart, Conn - Selmer' Armstrong Serial Number Chart Serial Number 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.

I have a low C Selmer Paris bass clarinet that I purchased used in college. It's a great horn, but I have no idea what year or model it is. I recently was thinking about getting a low Eb bass for gigs where I do a lot of standing, when it dawned on me that I could probably just get a lower joint. However, I know that the horns have changed a lot through the years, with differences in keys, so I would like to start my search for one of a similar model and year. I tried the Selmer site, but it was throughly unhelpful. Pozdravlenie s dnem rozhdeniya starshej sestre.

Does anyone know how to look up Selmer Paris serial numbers in the way that you can with Buffet?