Buescher Serial Number Ranges By Model
Model | Start # | End # | ||
True Tone | 1 | (1890) | 262,700 | (1932) |
Aristocrat | 262,700 | (1932) | 381,000 | (1963) |
400 | 295,000 | (1941) | 381,000 | (1963) |
Buescher Serial Number Chart
These serial numbers were provided by Albert Mensinga
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 |
5,020 |
1906 |
6,610 |
1907 |
7,808 |
1908 |
8,580 |
1909 |
11,250 |
1910 |
13,685 |
1911 |
15,870 |
1912 |
18,178 |
1913 |
22,860 |
1914 |
"Union Label" Introduced | |
25,103 |
1915 |
28,875 |
1916 |
32,350 |
1917 |
37,540 |
1918 |
46,975 |
1919 |
61,255 |
1920 |
78,525 |
1921 |
99,275 |
1922 |
125,750 |
1923 |
150,250 |
1924 |
175,275 |
1925 |
203,350 |
1926 |
222,975 |
1927 |
235,250 |
1928 |
245,275 |
1929 |
255,250 |
1930 |
260,125 |
1931 |
Model Introduced: Aristocrat | |
264,025 |
1932 |
265,523 |
1933 |
267,356 |
1934 |
269,000 |
1935 |
272,896 |
1936 |
279,300 |
1937 |
284,418 |
1938 |
288,024 |
1939 |
291,000 |
1940 |
Model Introduced: 400 | |
294,120 |
1941 |
297,527 |
1942 |
303,000 |
1945 |
312,000 |
1948 |
316,000 |
1949 |
332,000 |
1950 |
337,000 |
1951 |
347,000 |
1952 |
350,000 |
1955 |
360,000 |
1960 |
Purchased by Selmer USA | |
381,000 |
1963 |
408,818 |
1965 |
520,000 |
1970 |
630,000 |
1975 |
785,000 |
1980 |
875,000 |
1983 |