All were stamped Adolphe Sax 84 Rue Myrha. Even so, its possible from this record to assemble a basic serial number chart for these instruments. The log book shows the serial numbers jumping around quite a bit for the Selmer/Adolphe Sax saxophones. Instruments manufactured after 1936 range in serial number from ~1350-3600.
The record is much less complete after 1936. There is a fairly detailed record of these instruments recorded in a log book in the Selmer archives in Paris up to 1936 through serial number ~1364. For example, the record shows that all of the recorded Adolphe Sax instrument sales between 1940-1941 were from instruments already manufactued between 1931-36. Any Adolphe Sax instrument sold after this date was most likely already made or assemble from pre-existing parts. Its likely that production of Adolphe Sax instruments ceased at the onset of WWII sometime after May of 1940.
The last Adolphe Sax saxophone recorded in the Selmer Paris archives was sold in 1944.
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