Welcome to Contempora Corner! Reynolds Serial Number List, 1936-1979.

Regent, Roth Serial Number List

The Regent and Roth model instruments were originally manufactured by Reynolds' Ohio Band Instrument Co. division in the same building as F.A. Reynolds models, but appear to use a different serial number sequence than the Reynolds horns. This second serial number sequence was continued on with the Roth brand after Scherl & Roth bought Reynolds in 1946. Please note that this serial number sequence only applies to the Roth *model line* and NOT to other instruments marked Roth-Reynolds.

The earliest Medalist instruments appear to have picked up this second serial number sequence as well, with production beginning in 1961 under RMC ownership. There is some crossover in the serial numbers of late Roth models and early Medalist production, presumably as Reynolds used up existing inventory of Roth production.

serial no.	date	notes
00001	1936	Production estimated at 4000 instruments/year for 1936-1948.
04000	1937
08000	1938
12000	1939
16000	1940
20000	1941	SN 22877 first recorded Roth instrument (cornet).
24000	1942
28000	1943
32000	1944
36000	1945
40000	1946	Scherl & Roth buys Ohio Band (w/FA Reynolds)
44000	1947	Roth “Tone Tempered” produced with nickel-silver bell flare (same as Reynolds Emperor); SNs 45xxx-53xxx.
48000	1948	Production estimated at 3000 instruments/year for 1948-1952.
51000	1949	SN 52811 last recorded "Regent" model horn.
54000	1950	SN 55696 last recorded "Roth" horn made by Ohio Band
57000	1951	Roth SNs 55xxx-60xxx are branded “Made by F.A. Reynolds”
60000	1952	Begin use of "Roth-Reynolds" name
70000	Mid-1950s
80000	1959	SN 79xxx trumpet corresponds to 1959 catalog illustration, not 1958 catalog.
90000	1960	SN 89695 with October 1959 warranty card. SN 98xxx last known "Roth" brand horn.
95000	1961	Medalist instruments were manufactured for RMC/Reynolds by EK Blessing (Elkhart, IN). Early Medalist SNs range from 96897-137359. Medalist serial numbers were reset at 200000 and sequenced with the rest of Reynolds' instruments after the manufacturing moves to Abilene and Fullerton in 1964 (see Reynolds Serial Number List).
110000	1962
125000	1963
140000	1963/64