Aristocrat Mark Vi
(Notable exceptions would include Selmer Balanced Action and Mark VI horns and Buescher Aristocrat and 400.) It is true that postwar student horns are nowhere nearly as “collectible” as the prewar models they were based on - for one thing, they glutted the market, and many were grossly abused. The key to the scheme involved an older but widely used slot machine, the Aristocrat Mark VI, and figuring out how to break its pseudo-random number generators. All the hackers needed was access to.
In each instance, the perpetrator held a cell phone close to an Aristocrat Mark VI model slot machine shortly before a run of good fortune. By examining rental-car records, Missouri authorities. Mark Newburg, president of Aristocrat Technologies Inc., said, 'MK VI is the most advanced, most innovative, most interactive slot product Aristocrat has developed. Today's players are very sophisticated and demand a higher level of entertainment with the best quality graphics and sound possible. Our MK VI technology delivers on those demands.'
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Aristocrat Mark Vi
Although, as the chart below illustrates, the Mark VI was produced until (roughly) serial #378000, this applies only to the Sopranino model. The Soprano, Baritone and Bass Mark VI saxophones were produced until serial #365000 in 1984, and Alto and Tenor Mark VI production ended (approximately) in 1975 at serial #239,595 .
Aristocrat Mark 6 Hack
Super Action 80 Series II, Series III and Reference horns are currently in production.
Aristocrat Mark 6
| Model | Start # | End # | ||
| Prototype & Stencil | 1 | (1904) | 750 | (1920) |
| Modele 22 | 750 | (1922) | 4,450 | (1926) |
| Modele 26 | 4,451 | (1926) | 14,000 | (1931) |
| Adolphe Sax | 11,951 | (1928) | 18,700 | (1935) |
| Super Series | 14,000 | (1931) | 28,000 | (1939) |
| Balanced Action | 20,900 | (1935) | 35,800 | (1947) |
| Padless (Selmer USA) | 27,000 | (1938) | 30,000 | (1941) |
| Super (Balanced) Action | 33,401 | (1946) | 55,200 | (1954) |
| Mark VI | 55,201 | (1954) | 378,000 | (1985) |
| Mark VII | 231,000 | (1974) | 315,500 | (1981) |
| Super Action 80 | 315,501 | (1981) | 378,800 | |
| Super Action 80 Series II | 378,801 | (1986) | unknown | |
| Reference | unknown | (2001) | unknown | |
Aristocrat Mark Vi Model Slot Machines
| Serial Number | Year Manufactured |
| Model Introduced: Model 22 | |
750 - 1,400 | 1922 |
| 1923 | |
2,351 - 3,350 | 1924 |
| 1925 | |
| Model Introduced: Model 26 | |
4,451 - 5,600 | 1926 |
| 1927 | |
7,851 - 9,700 | 1928 |
| 1929 | |
| Model Introduced: Cigar Cutter/Super Sax | |
11,951 - 14,000 | 1930 |
| 1931 | |
15,751 - 17,250 | 1932 |
| 1933 | |
| Model Introduced: Radio Improved | |
18,701 - 20,100 | 1934 |
| 1935 | |
| Model Introduced: Balanced Action | |
21,751 - 22,650 | 1936 |
| 1937 | |
25,601 - 27,650 | 1938 |
| 1939 | |
29,301 - 29,750 | 1940 |
| 1941 | |
30,501 - 31,150 | 1942 |
| 1943 | |
31,581 - 31,850 | 1944 |
| 1945 | |
32,351 - 33,700 | 1946 |
| 1947 | |
| Model Introduced: Super Action | |
35,801 - 38,500 | 1948 |
| 1949 | |
41,501 - 45,100 | 1950 |
| 1951 | |
48,301 - 51,800 | 1952 |
| 1953 | |
| Model Introduced: Mark VI | |
55,201 - 59,000 | 1954 |
| 1955 | |
63,401 - 68,900 | 1956 |
| 1957 | |
74,501 - 80,400 | 1958 |
| 1959 | |
85,201 - 91,300 | 1960 |
| 1961 | |
97,301 - 104,500 | 1962 |
| 1963 | |
112,501 - 121,600 | 1964 |
| 1965 | |
131,801 - 141,500 | 1966 |
| 1967 | |
152,401 - 162,500 | 1968 |
| 1969 | |
173,801 - 184,900 | 1970 |
| 1971 | |
196,001 - 208,700 | 1972 |
| 1973 | |
| Model Introduced: After 231,000/Mark VII | |
220,801 - 233,900 | 1974 |
| 1975 | |
246,801 - 261,100 | 1976 |
| 1977 | |
276,101 - 289,700 | 1978 |
| 1979 | |
303,101 - 315,500 | 1980 |
| Model Introduced: Super Action 80 | |
| 1981 | |
327,301 - 340,200 | 1982 |
| 1983 | |
353,301 - 366,400 | 1984 |
| 1985 | |
| Model Introduced: Super Action 80/Series II | |
378,801 - 391,000 | 1986 |
| 1987 | |
406,001 - 422,500 | 1988 |
| 1989 | |
439,601 - 457,500 | 1990 |
| 1991 | |
473,601 - 490,000 | 1992 |