vintage martin handcraft dansant

[ryno1trp]

I have a vintage martin handcraft dansant horn, which the guy at the store where I got it said was circa 1940, but I have seen similar horns dated from the 30s. I dont have the serial # with me right now, I will have to get the horn from my house. I was wondering if anyone had a list of serial #s or knew a place where I can find them so I can better guess the age of my horn. If it helps, it has a flat silver finish, small bell, gold plated inside, with no 3rd valve slide ring.

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RYAN
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[ This Message was edited by: ryno1trp on 2003-11-24 11:25 ]

[wardsd]

Here is the Martin Serial Number list I have: This was a posting that I copied. I don't know how accurate the final comment is about the oldest known Martin.

Year S/N Range

Here's the whole list.

1919: 17200 (I have 17290)
1921: 34100 - 40609 (including my 34151)
1922: 40610 - 47118 (including my 45680)
1923: 47119 - 53627
1924: 53628 - 60136
1925: 60137 - 66645
1926: 66646 - 73154
1927: 73155 - 79663 (including my 74286)
1928: 79664 - 86172
1929: 86173 - 92681
1930: 92682 - 99190
1931: 99191 - 105700 (including my 100918)

Calculated average: 1921 - 1931: 6509 horns/year

MOST OF DEPRESSION ERA, AND WORLD WAR 2 ERA

1932: 105701 - 108724 (including my 105760)
1933: 108725 - 111747
1934: 111748 - 114770
1935: 114771 - 117793
1936: 117794 - 120816
1937: 120817 - 123839
1938: 123840 - 126862
1939: 126863 - 129885
1940: 129886 - 132908
1941: 132909 - 135931
1942: 135932 - 138954
1943: 138955 - 141977
1944: 141978 - 145000

S/n 17200 is the earliest date that's known for sure according to a nice lady at LaBlanc. The records were destroyed by fire long ago.


Here is another posting I copied, which supposedly arriginated from Robb Stewart.

Here is the complete serial number list for Martin that I acquired from Rob Stewart in Arcadia, CA 1919 17221, 1920 19482, 1921 19933-23781, 1922 29942, 1923 34838, 1924 40644, 1925 48489-54853, 1926 62852-72051, 1927 79204, 1928 86687, 1929 92536, 1930 98324, 1931 101622, 1932 105096, 1933 106546, 1934 108301, 1935 111253, 1936 116551, 1937 118038, 1938 126998, 1939 132070, 1940 136040, 1941 140199, 1942 144455, 1943 145322, 1944 000000, 1945 145352, 1946 154289, 1947 161520, 1948 165326, 1949 170395, 1950 172215, 1951 175140, 1952 179317, 1953 183125, 1954 187614, 1955 193747, 1956 194213, 1957 201809, 1958 203917, 1959 205377, 1960 209089, 1961 211675, 1962 213999, 1963 218855, 1964 700000


I didn't record the original posters names, so I apologize for not giving credit.
The lists aren't the same, but aren't too different either. Take your pick.


Steve