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Author: Jaysne
Date: 2006-10-26 23:40
When I look at older Lorees for sale, they have a strange (to me) serial numbering syste with letters and numbers. Can someone please explain to me the rhyme and reason behind this system? What do the letters and numbers mean?
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2006-10-27 01:26
They would probably have started with just numbers, but the letters and numbers will yeild more possibilities - so this sequence will start from AA01 to AA99, then AB01 to AB99, AC01 until you get to AZ99 where BA01 will follow, then BA99 will be followed by BB01-BB99, BC01-BC99, BD01....BZ99, CA01....CZ99, DA01....DZ99, EA01... etc.
Pretty good system rather than having numbers in excess of 5 figures - don't forget oboes are narrow, so long serial numbers (more 6 figures) will be hard to squeeze in on the top joint between the keywork.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: cjwright
Date: 2006-10-27 01:32
http://www.mmimports.com/used.cfm#usedoboes
On the left hand side, Midwest gives approximate dates for letters.
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2006-10-27 01:37
Letters - Year (approx.)
A - 1881
O - 1900
Y - 1909
AA - 1910
AB - 1929
AJ - 1938
AK- 1939
AL - 1941
AR - 1952
BA - 1959
BP - 1967
BZ - 1968
CA - 1969
CV - 1973
DJ - 1975
DR,DT - 1976
EJ - 1978
FA - 1980
FL - 1981
FU,GC - 1982
GI - 1983
GR - 1984
HD - 1985
HQ - 1986
HZ - 1987
II - 1988
JX - 1991
KG - 1992
LN,LO - 1995
MC,ML - 1997
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
Post Edited (2006-10-27 01:40)
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