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1. Vito Tenor Saxophone Serial Numbers Free
2. Vito Tenor Saxophone Serial Numbers Stamped

.Manufacturers, models - stencils and serial numbers

1. Some of the older Vito saxophones really were not all that bad. I believe that some were made by Yanagisawa. A student model Yamaha is a better horn, but $450 for a Vito in good condition with new pads doesn't sound bad at all.
2. Vito Tenor Sax Vito Saxophone Serial Number List The Vito YAS-23 serial numbers beginning with a 5 like 501000 starting in 1989 do not match the Yamaha YAS-23 serials but the Vito YAS-21 serials from 1970-1980 do match the Yamaha YAS-21 serials. After 1980 the Vito serials don't seem to match.
3. Vintage Buescher, Conn, Martin, King & Selmer Serial Numbers. There are quite a few saxophone serial number charts on the internet, these ones have mostly been adapted from existing manufacturers’ and saxophone enthusiasts’ charts. I will be adding more soon, as well as checking for accuracy and updating these with more historical.
4. YANIGASAWA SAXOPHONES: During the 1970′s, the 3rd and 4th digit of the serial number indicate the year of manufacture. 1972 – 127 – 127 – 12745400.

Yamaha Saxophone Serial Number Identification The YAS-21 seems to become the YAS-23 around 1980 and the YAS-23/25 seems to become the YAS-275 around 2000/2001. Vito and Yamaha YAS-21 serials 1970 1 500 1971 501 2155 1972 2156 3529 1973 3530 4421 1974 4422 3.

'Martin Handcraft'1931 Vintage bronze lacquer, late model. Good player 1931, s/no 104xxx - literally the last of the C-Melody line, lovely !! I don't have a good enough camera to capture the real dark vintage lacquer colour - it's gorgeous. Modern action, gone are the quirky vintage forked Eb and G# trill keys. High palm keys all sensibly long - no more 'button' palm keys. Add to that the essential auxiliary Front-F mechanism, and you have a C-Melody and this is a delight to play. Intonation is extremely good - a solid powerful horn with well preserved Martin case and accessories. NOT FOR SALE

Lyon & Healy 'Inspiration' ( King stencil - relatively rare) I affectionately call her 'Big Ugly'. Very much a project and a half....... Quite a rare beast this one, I've only seen one other for sale. After Lyon & Healy stopped making their own C-Mels - based around Martin design/tooling - they had stencils mostly made by Buescher. This is the more elusive King stencil, with classic King domed cups, and, more importantly, the auxiliary Front-F mechanism - a rare find on stencil horns. The silver plating is almost completely worn or abraded from the body, but some remains on the keys - giving a two-tone appearance. A real workhorse. A current project, at the moment, regrettably NOT FOR SALE.

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.Please note : Page (always) under re-structuring... - June 2011

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The aim of this page is to (hopefully) help you to identify the manufacturer, and even possibly the 'build year' of your C-Melody. I know you could look on the bell and say 'Ah - Martin', but sadly that doesn't apply to stencils. So, the table on the right will have links to a pages showing a selection of C-Melody saxes, some I've owned, some I still do, and with the mechanism and design features of each manufacturer - the pictures are quite good resolution, and unprotected, so can be copied and pasted into a suitable graphics package for better viewing, e.g. zooming. Please feel free to do this, but if you re-use the pictures in any other context, please ask me first, and I'd also appreciate a mention of this site.

Rather than put 'return' links on each page, I've either opened some in a new window, or others require the use of your browser 'back arrow' to get back to this page. It will take a while to find examples showing all the differences, and I hope to be able to make a 'truth table' as well, for quick checking and identification. Until then, please follow this link to my Q&A page, and check out the excellent pages by Saxpics, Dr Rick, and Cybersax, to identify which manufacturer built your stencil.

Sadly, e.g., all Martin stencils don't have all the standard Martin features etc. etc. And, some Stencil names appear on saxes from more than one manufacturer ! Fun, isn't it ? I'm still learning a few things myself in the process. A far from comprehensive list of Stencil names is at the end of the page - link is on the table opposite - and I'll also set up a gallery of pictures of C-Melody saxes I've owned in the past, as examples of most manufacturers art. The vast majority of the pictures were taken by (and owned by) me, but, if I've inadvertently used someone else's example, I sincerely apologise - drop me an email and I'll either credit you, or if you so wish I'll remove the picture.