Hi all i've just bought a jupiter alto 769-767 and was wondering what the numbers mean. I've read in the jupiter forum here that the last 3 numbers are the model number, so what do the first 3 numbers mean. Also does anyone know how to work out the year of manufacture from the serial number. Any information on this sax would be greatly appreciated.

This video tells about serial numbers and where to find them on trombones; even some of the hard-to-find numbers like Getzen and Olds. Jupiter Trombone Rotor. Band Instrument Detective. Hum tumhy chahty h aise mp 3 donlowd. Google Jupiter CTB-40 and you'll find a bunch of information. The serial number won't help you much, but the model number will. The CTB-40 is a student-level horn and is another cookie cutter small bore.

It is in really good condition, almost like new i'd say. It with the original hard case and cost me 130 pounds sterling which is around 270 american dollars was this a good deal. The serial number is A03388 if this helps. I've read that for Jupiters after 1984 you add 1 to the first digit of the serial number for the year of manufacture. The A serials seem to be from 1999 so maybe they use letters for the years now to avoid the no decade problem, like a 5XXXXX serial can be 1986 or 1996. Maybe A=1999. B=2000, C=2001 etc.

I've seen A B and D serials. Does anyone know why there are JAS-667 and JAS-669-667 models. If it's a JAS-667 why has it also got the 669 in the model name?

Are the JAS-669-667 later models or just a model variation on the JAS-667. I think the JAS-669-667 are later models, can any owners help verify this. I have a Jupiter stamped with JAS-667 and Taiwan and a 9XXXXX serial so it seems like a 1990 JAS-667 made in Taiwan which by looking at it seems about right and after 17 years it's holding up pretty well and sounds pretty good as well. From another post '769-767 Just to clarify that the last three digits are the commonly known model number, so this is a 767.' Older Jupiter cases have a 'Jupiter Wind Instruments' logo on the case and the newer ones seem to just have a Jupiter logo on the case. The lower end models use parts from the Chinese factory and then are assembled in Taiwan or are totally made in the Chinese factory after it opened for business in 1996. The KHS Chinese factory makes the Chinese Evette Buffet models so I assume the KHS Taiwan factory made the pre 1996 Evette Buffets with ROC stamped on them and the serials may be similar to the Jupiters and also the Vito 7133 models from Taiwan are made by KHS (Jupiter) and some Keilwerth models from Taiwan are also made by KHS so maybe these serials are also similar to the Jupiter serials.

Jupiter Factory Tour http://www.myatt.co.uk/art_012.htm. Sometimes you will have a serial and won't know what decade it's from. Early Jupiter instrument cases had a 'Jupiter Wind Instruments' logo and later Jupiter instrument cases just had a Jupiter logo.

I'm not sure when they started using just the Jupiter case logo. Also I think the Jupiter logos on the bell are different for the early and later Jupiters. The earlier ones had a 'Jupiter and KHS Musical Instrument Co Ltd' with Taiwan near the serial number and then from the early 1990s they had a 'Jupiter and KHS Musical Instrument Taiwan' logo with no Taiwan near the serial number and the newer ones seem to just have a Jupiter logo with Taiwan near the serial number. I can't really see much design difference between the old JAS-667 Jupiters and the newer JAS-669-667 or JAS-667GN Jupiters. From what I can tell the early Jupiter model numbers are just JAS-667, JAS 767 etc, then they seem to change to JAS-669-667, JAS 769-767 etc around the early 1990s and now they are JAS-667GN, JAS-769GN or JAS-667GL, JAS-769GL etc (GL=Gold Lacquer, GN=Nickel Silver Keys). All Jupiter instruments work on a simple coding system 3 Letters, 3 numbers then a suffix. I know this is an old tread, but I tried to decipher the serial number code and can't for the life of me figure out what you mean by the next to last post.