Serial Number | Year | Year | Event / News |
- | 1890 | Born Vincent Schrotenbach in Vienna |
- | 1916 | Vincent Bach designed and handcrafted his first mouthpieces. |
- | 1916 | Vincent Bach 1st published Cornet Solos 210 W. 107 St New York, NY (map) |
- | 1918 | Vincent Bach began Mouthpiece Mfg. (Workshop)11 East 14th Street New York, NY (map) (images) |
- | 1919 | 1st Factory 204 East 85th Street New York, NY (map) (images) |
- | 1922 | Moved to 2nd Factory 237 East 41st Street New York, NY (map) (images) |
- | 1922 | Incorporated as Vincent Bach Corporation, Inc. New York City Index #: 7517 August 18, 1922 |
- | 1924 | 1st Trumpets/Cornets Completed |
- | 1925 | May 1, 1925 - 1st Trumpet Sold (from USPTO Filing) |
- | 1925 | 'Mercury' trademark filed Filed: August 14, 1925 Registered: May 16, 1926 |
- | 1925 | 'Stradivarius' trademark filed Filed: August 14, 1925 Registered: May 16, 1926 |
14 | 1925 | - | 1st Mfg. card @ Bach |
500 | 1926 | - |
600 | 1927 | - |
657 | 1926 | - |
- | 1927 | 'Mercedes' trademark filed Filed: March 21, 1927 Registered: May 31, 1927
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- | 1927 | 1st models with Nickel casings |
- | 1928 | 1st Mercury model trumpets using German Valve blocks. |
- | Oct. 1928 | Moved to 3rd factory 621 East 216th Street Bronx, NY (map) (images) |
900 | 1928 | - |
0639 | 1928 | - | 1928 | Bach Apollo Model |
8600-8700 | 1928 | - | 1928 | Bach Apollo Models |
1249 | 1929 |
1450 | 1930 | - |
2250 | 1935 | - |
2344 | 1934 | - |
2568 | 1935 | - |
2752 | 1935 | - |
10000 | 1933 | - | 1933 | Bach Mercury Models |
4117 | 1937 | - |
4611 | 1939 | - |
10241 | 1939 | - | Bach Mercury Cornet (Dec. 1939) |
4650 | 1940 | - |
4863 | 1941 | - |
5500 | 1941 | - |
5763 | 1941 | - |
5791 | 1942 | - |
5792 | 1942 | - |
5793 | 1942 | - |
6500 | 1945 | - |
9100 | 1950 | - |
12000 | 1953 | - |
12002 | 1953 | - |
12478 | 1953 | - |
12576 | 1953 | - | Latest known NY serial number. (Mercury) |
12615 | 1953 | - | Earliest known Mt. Vernon serial number. |
12836 | 1953 | - |
- | 1953 | Moved to Mt. Vernon, NY50 South MacQuesten Parkway Mt. Vernon, NY (map) (images) |
30123 | 1954 | - | 10/5/54 | Bach Mercury Cornet |
30000-33000 | 1955 | - | 1955 | Bach Mercury Models |
13600 | 1955 | - |
14892 | 1956 | - |
2506 | 1958 | 1958 | Bach Minerva Model |
2722 | 1958 | - | 1958 | Bach Minerva Model |
19500 | 1960 | - |
20503 | 1960 | - | 8/17/60 | Bach Mercury Trumpet |
2811 | 1961 | - | 1961 | Bach Minerva Model |
- | 1961 | Vincent Bach Corp. purchased by Selmer Industries (October 1961) |
21000 | 1961 | - |
21950 | 1962 | - |
'Vincent Bach' trademark filed Filed: May 2, 1962 Registered: Feb. 19, 1963 |
'Bach shield' trademark filed Filed: May 2, 1962 Registered: July 30, 1963
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- | 1963 | Closed Mt. Vernon, NY Factory |
24000 | 1964 | - |
30017 | 1964 | - |
- | 1965 | Production started in Elkhart, IN 600 Industrial Parkway Elkhart, IN (map) (images)
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30000 | 1965 | - |
50000 | 1970 | - |
100000 | 1974 | - |
112000 | 1975 | - |
- | 1976 | Vincent Bach Dies |
1217XX | 1977 | - |
142796 | 1978 | - |
164914 | 1979 | - |
175000 | 1980 | - |
200000 | 1981 | - |
230000 | 1983 | - |
250000 | 1985 | - |
336000 | 1990 | - |
420000 | 1994 | - |
436000 | 1995 |
- | 1995 | Selmer Industries buys Steinway Musical Properties |
452000 | 1996 | - |
- | 1996 | IPO as Steinway Musical Instruments |
- | 1997 | 'Bach Circle' trademark filed Filed: May 1, 1997 Registered: Oct. 13, 1998 |
468000 | 1997 | - |
484000 | 1998 | - |
500000 | 1999 | - |
2000 | - |
- | 2000 | Acquisition of United Musical Instruments |
2001 | - |
525000 | 2002 | - |
- | 2002 | John Stoner named CEO; Conn Selmer |
2003 | - |
- | 2003 | Merger of UMI and Selmer into Conn-Selmer |
'Vincent Bach' trademark Renewed: March 5, 2003 |
2004 | - |
615995 | 2004 | - |
- | 2004 | Closed Original Selmer Plant North Main Street, Elkhart, IN |
- | 2004 | John Ratzenberger's 'Made in America' Filmed |
- | 2004 | 'Bach shield' trademark Renewed: Feb. 13, 2004
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2005 | - |
644207 | 2006 | - | Last Horn built before Strike April 1st 2006 |
646013 | 2007 | - | Start of the 'True Bach' Advertising Campaign |
177353 | 2007 | - | Model 182 (Eastlake, OH) Note different serial number order |
Serial Number | Year | Year | Event / News |