#BACH MODEL 37 SERIAL NUMBERS SERIAL#
I'm not sure if it is legal or not to give the whole serial number, so please refrain from that. Likewise, you may give one that was a terrible strad. This may give a more definitive idea of when Bach horns were more consistent.
#BACH MODEL 37 SERIAL NUMBERS FREE#
If you own a great playing strad, fell free to share the first couple digits of the serial # so we may get an idea of the era of when the horn was produced. I thought I would start an interesting thread. Tedd Waggoner, Conn-Selmer's Marketing Manager of Brass Winds, is extremely knowledgeable about Vincent Bach’s New York operations and contributed greatly to the material.
Access to their data was essential to understanding the markings on New York bells. This paper was written through significant support from Conn-Selmer, Inc. Some of them play well enough that it makes one wonder why Bach abandoned them and moved on to different designs. Many musicians accustomed to newer instruments are surprised by the playing qualities of older New York Bachs. More to the point, even Bach took some time to get bore sizes, mouthpipes and bell flares matched like he wanted them. The authors were surprised, for example, to find that the older New York Bachs are lighter instruments than modern ones. Even without considering manufacturing differences, the old ones play and feel different because they are different. They just observe that, in many respects, older New York Bachs are not the same as modern Bachs, or even late New York or Mt Vernon Bachs for that matter.
One thing the authors do not do is argue points about the merits of old and new manufacturing techniques. Because of his unparalleled success in manufacturing brass instruments, trumpet players, not generally known as timid souls, are not without opinions about him and his approaches to design and manufacturing.
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