B&S Blue Label Tenor serial number ?

[VesaL]

Thank you Tobi!
I don’t play by myself but I have fun listening when wife and kids play. It’s great to know that I have bought a good instrument. I was little bit unsure because it was pretty cheap and I had no experience at all and I could find so little information about B&S saxophones.

Vesa

[danicode]

Guten Tag an alle Mitglieder,

mein Name ist Daniel, ich komme aus Portugal und bin leidenschaftlicher Saxophonspieler.
Vor kurzem habe ich ein Tenorsaxophon der Marke B&S erworben, das sich leider in einem sehr schlechten Zustand befindet.
Ich möchte es restaurieren und suche deshalb so viele Informationen wie möglich über dieses Instrument.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... drive_link

Die Seriennummer ist: 2965.
Könnte mir bitte jemand sagen, in welchem Jahr es gebaut wurde und eventuell weitere technische Details zu diesem Modell mitteilen?
Jede Information – auch Fotos oder Katalogausschnitte – wäre für mich sehr wertvoll.



Vielen Dank im Voraus für Ihre Hilfe!
Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Daniel

[lfsax]

Hello saxophone lovers,
I own a B&S alto saxophone numbered 5311, which I believe to be from the early 1980s.
Could you please confirm the approximate year of manufacture for this model?
Thank you in advance.
Sincerely,

[tobi]

Hello lfsax,

the alto with SN 5311 was either built during second half of 1990 or during first half 1991.

Regards,
Tobi.

[tobi]

I checked it again:

SN 5311 should be more likely from the second half of 1990!

Regards, Tobi

[lfsax]

Hello Tobi and thank you for your answer.

Second half of 1990, is this compatible with the "made in GDR" inscription ?

Thank you in advance.

[tobi]

Second half of 1990, is this compatible with the "made in GDR" inscription ?

Yes, for the Altos, the engraving changed towards "Made in Germany" somewhen during the first half of 1991. Not before.

Regards, Tobi.

[lfsax]

Thank you for your answer.

Have a nice day.