Pottag Model horns, with either designation, were only produced through 1964. The Pottag models became known as the "Traditional Model", while the Chambers models were sold as the "American Model". By c.1963, the Pottag and Chambers names were removed from the instruments, though the respective designs remained intact. Pottag had finished teaching at Northwestern in 1953 and was in retirement. Peter Macdonald-Date: Tue, 04 Oct 94 17:13:21 EDT Subject: Re: Conn 8D Vintage 'It definitely does not have any letters in the serial number. They seem to tell everything you need to know. Contract disputes led to Chambers walking away and returning to his Conn 8D instrument. I had saved the following items from the horn discusssion list a few months ago and am posting them now. Reynolds' relationships with Max Pottag and James Chambers were victims of the new ownership group. The new numbering system was used for the rest of the company's history. The Conn 8D engraving with the elaborate design on the bell, and the name C.G. To the best of knowledge, the instrument specifications did not change, just the model numbers. Here comes again my favourite thread: CONNS SERIAL NUMBERS. "01" for top-level artist instruments, "56" for student horns. "FE" for French Horn, and a hierarchal numbering system that reflected the grade of instrument, e.g. Old model numbers were replaced with a new scheme that incorporated an abbreviation for the type of instrument, e.g. The remaining numbers indicated the production number within the month.įrom 1987 on, the two-digit prefix number plus 50 will give you the year of manufacture.Sometime after Richards Music purchased Reynolds in 1961, the product catalog was reorganized. The fourth character indicated the instrument: The third character indicated the year within the decade (defined by the first letter).
The second character indicated the month of the year The first character of the serial number indicated the decade
In March of 1974 an alpha-numeric system was established:
The years 1967 to March 1974 (when Conn moved their brass manufacturing to Abilene, Texas), is a period where at least some of the instruments were inferior in quality 1980-1986 numbers are inexact, and may relate only to student level trumpets/cornets
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