Bach Trombone Serial Number
Miscellaneous milestones: 1948: Late 1948, serial number 35xxx Olds Studio, earliest example I ve seen: 1948: around 28000 perhaps a bit earlier, for the fall 1947.
- Serial Number: Year: Year: Event / News-1890: Born Vincent Schrotenbach in Vienna-1916: Vincent Bach designed and handcrafted his first mouthpieces.-1922.
- The Bach Legend Guide to Dating Bach Trombones Please use this chart in determining the approximate age of Bach trombones based on serial numbers.
- How to Find a Trombone s Model Number. There are multiple companies that make trombones, a brass instrument characterized by a sliding piece on the front end see.
- Serial Number: Year Year: Event / News-1890: Born Vincent Schrotenbach in Vienna-1916: Vincent Bach designed and handcrafted his first mouthpieces.-1916.
- History of instruments and mouthpieces designed by Vincent Bach starting in 1918 in New York, now sold by Selmer, with drawings and technical information.
Kanstul CVT 959 Valve Trombone. Brand: Kanstul CVT 959 Valve Trombone Serial 33095 Year of Manufacture: 2006 February Finish: Clear lacquer Bore. 500 Bell: 8.
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Serial Number
Year
Event / News
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1890
Born Vincent Schrotenbach
in Vienna
1916
Vincent Bach designed and handcrafted his first mouthpieces.
1922
Incorporated as
Vincent Bach Corporation, Inc.
New York City
Index : 7517
August 18, 1922
1925
Mercury trademark filed
Filed: August 14, 1925
Registered: May 16, 1926
Stradivarius trademark filed
1927
Mercedes trademark filed
Filed: March 21, 1927
Registered: May 31, 1927
1928
1st Trombones Designed
1
1929
First Trombone completed June 26, 1929
159
1930
193
1932
Bach Model 16
200
1933
400
1935
1936
First mention of Bass Trombone Designs
Oct. 16, 1936 – Bach Diary
10000-10999
1939
Bach Mercury Models
1600
1940
2118
1941
Bach Mercedes Model
2200
1942
2500
1945
3056
1948
Bach Model 12
3450
1950
4052
1952
1953
Moved to
Mt. Vernon, NY50 South MacQuesten Parkway
Mt. Vernon, NY
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4500
1955
2722
1958
Bach Minerva Model
5700
1960
5950
1961
Vincent Bach Corp.
purchased by H A Selmer, Inc.
September 25 1961
Vincent Bach trademark filed
Filed: May 2, 1962
Registered: Feb. 19, 1963
Bach shield trademark filed
Registered: July 30, 1963
Feb 7, 1963
Closed Mt. Vernon, NY
Factory
6900
1964
70XX
1965
Production started in
Elkhart, IN
600 Industrial Parkway
8000
11800
1970
17500
1975
1976
Vincent Bach Dies
25000
1977
39000
1979
45000
1981
55000
1983
65000
1985
91000
1990
115000
1994
1995
Selmer Industries buys Steinway Musical Properties
1996
IPO as Steinway Musical Instruments
1997
Bach Circle trademark filed
Filed: May 1, 1997
Registered: Oct. 13, 1998
2000
Acquisition of United Musical Instruments
2002
John Stoner named CEO;
Conn Selmer
2003
Merger of UMI and Selmer into Conn-Selmer
Vincent Bach trademark
Renewed: March 5, 2003
2004
Closed Original Selmer Plant
North Main Street,
John Ratzenberger s
Made in America
Filmed
Bach shield trademark
Renewed: Feb. 13, 2004
187000
2006
646013
2007
Start of the True Bach
Advertising Campaign
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