Model | Start # | End # | ||
True Tone | 1 | (1890) | 262,700 | (1932) |
Aristocrat | 262,700 | (1932) | 381,000 | (1963) |
400 | 295,000 | (1941) | 381,000 | (1963) |
Serial Number | Year Manufactured |
Model Introduced: True Tone | |
A fire at the Elkhart, IN Buescher plant in 1903 destroyed all prior records. | |
5,000 | 1905 |
1906 | |
6,610 | 1907 |
1908 | |
8,580 | 1909 |
1910 | |
13,685 | 1911 |
1912 | |
18,178 | 1913 |
1914 | |
'Union Label' Introduced | |
25,103 | 1915 |
1916 | |
32,350 | 1917 |
1918 | |
46,975 | 1919 |
1920 | |
78,525 | 1921 |
1922 | |
125,750 | 1923 |
1924 | |
175,275 | 1925 |
1926 | |
222,975 | 1927 |
1928 | |
245,275 | 1929 |
1930 | |
260,125 | 1931 |
Model Introduced: Aristocrat | |
1932 | |
265,523 | 1933 |
1934 | |
269,000 | 1935 |
1936 | |
279,300 | 1937 |
1938 | |
288,024 | 1939 |
1940 | |
Model Introduced: 400 | |
294,120 | 1941 |
1942 | |
303,000 | 1945 |
1948 | |
316,000 | 1949 |
1950 | |
337,000 | 1951 |
1952 | |
350,000 | 1955 |
1960 | |
Purchased by Selmer USA | |
381,000 | 1963 |
1965 | |
520,000 | 1970 |
1975 | |
785,000 | 1980 |
1983 |