Julius Keilwerth brass serial numbers

                                     Serial numbers 10.013 - 15.000

                                         Toneking de Luxe, serial number 12369, black and gold lackered

page 1: Keilwerth brass serial numbers 27 - 4.999

page 2: Keilwerth brass serial numbers 5.000 - 9.999

page 4: Keilwerth brass serial numbers 15.000 -335.308

On a separate page you'll find general information about the history of Keilwerth brass instruments  

There are serial number lists of Keilwerth saxophones around but there was no such thing for their brass instruments. Below you'll find a list of instruments and numbers that were traded through Ebay, Quoka and such, with information added from sites like Trompetenforum.de (where Brigantiumjazz triggered me to make this list), Trumpetherald.com, Trumpetmaster.com, Horn-u-copia and the Yorkmaster public pictures at Yahoo. There seems to be no relation whatsoever between the serial numbers of Keilwerth saxophones and their brass instrument serials numbers.

This serial number list of brass instruments now has more than 650 entries, that's maybe 2 percent of Keilwerth brass production. It shows a fairly continuous serie up to number 30658, with a few examples of every 1000. Then, after a few incidental Tonekings, new models show up, like the 2000 and 3000 series and the Student. The jump, first to the 100.xxx range, with mostly 'Student' instruments and then to the 200.xxx range with the 'De Luxe 2000' and 'Super de Luxe 2000' models could originate in other makers providing the instruments, as stated above. Here the gaps between the numbers are much larger. That's probably because they are part of a serial number list that includes the makers 'own' instruments as well as other stencils. And maybe also because these are newer and still with their original owners, so they down't show up on Ebay and other sites? Then there are incidental examples of the Modell AT and SX of which we don't know a number. La Sete and Hamilton instruments are integrated in this list, although they're not all made by Keilwerth, the La Sete instruments in the 15x.xxx range obviously come from Elkhart, Indiana.

Here's a graph that illustrates the development of Keilwerth serial numbers in the list below. Steady going from zero till 30.000 and then a few high scores.

serial number

instruments on list

 

There also are Keilwerth brass instruments known without a serial number. The trumpets without a serial number mostly have an additional bow in the main tuning slide, a feature that's seen more often on pre-war trumpets. Therefore I think these are the first Keilwerth brass instruments, before the serial numbers started. Trombones also seem to be missing a serial number quite often.

For additions and corrections: please contact me. Information about the year an (your) instrument was acquired is very helpful.

 

Julius Keilwerth serial numbers for brass instruments

(trumpet, trombone, cornet, flugelhorn)

 

serial number

type, model

year

(as stated by owner or seller)

remarks, engravings

(MbKG= Made by Keilwerth Germany)

instrument

(other than trumpet)

thumbnail picture

engravings picture

10013 Super de Luxe 1966 MbKG  
10065 Super de Luxe   MbKG  
10111 Toneking 1970    

10126

Toneking de Luxe

1960’s

 

 

 

10182

Toneking de Luxe

 

 

 

 

10225 Toneking de Luxe   MbKG Cornet
10262 Toneking de Luxe   MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3    
10366 Toneking?   MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3  
10381 Toneking      
10392 Toneking   MbKG Cornet
10415 Toneking   MbKG Cornet

10456

Toneking

 

valve  numbers 19, 17, 16

 

 
10514 Toneking de Luxe bought  June/July 1964           (for DM 312) valve numbers 1, 2, 3  
10615 Toneking de Luxe   MbKG  

10626

Toneking de Luxe      

10670

Toneking de Luxe

 

 

Valve Trombone

 

10709 Toneking de Luxe   MbKG valve numbers 1, 2, 3 Valve Trombone
10739 Toneking     Cornet black and gold
10762 Toneking   MbKG valve numbers 1, 2, 3 Cornet  
10790 Toneking Super de Luxe   MbKG valve numbers 1, 2, 3    

10791

Super de Luxe

1966

 

 

 

10931 Toneking   MbKG    

 

10948 Toneking      
11046 Toneking ca 30 years in 2013      
11147 Toneking de Luxe end 1970    
11151 Toneking de Luxe   MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3,    
11xxx Toneking     Cornet
11125 Toneking        

11270

Toneking de Luxe

 

 

 

 

11277 Toneking        
11300 Toneking from Sao Paulo MbKG  

11339

Toneking de Luxe

'Ca 30 years old in 2009'

MbKG

 

11347

Toneking

 

 

 

 

11473 Toneking   MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3,  
11547 Super de Luxe      
11577 Super de Luxe   MbKG, no name on bell    
11679 Toneking de Luxe        
11685 Toneking de Luxe   MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3    
11712 Toneking de Luxe      
11729 Toneking de Luxe   MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3  

11738

De Luxe

 

 

 

 

11755          
11788 Toneking de Luxe   MbKG, valve numbers 1, 2, 3 J. Mollenhauer & Söhne, Fulda  
11805 Super de Luxe   MbKG Valve/slide trombone Bb
11914 Toneking   Made by Julius Keilwerth Germany Cornet    
12088 Toneking de Luxe   MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3 matted

12128

Toneking de Luxe

 

 

 

 

12170 Toneking de Luxe   MbKG    

12193

Toneking de Luxe

 

 

 

 

12223 Toneking de Luxe   black and gold MbKG, valve numbers 1, 2, 3  
12311 Toneking de Luxe   MbKG    
12314 Toneking de Luxe        

12369

Toneking de Luxe

 

black and gold MbKG, valve numbers 1, 2, 3

 

12378 Super de Luxe   MbKG  
12379 Super de Luxe   MbKG  

12403

Toneking de Luxe

ca 50 years in 2013

 

 

 

 

12410 Toneking Super de Luxe        
12469 Super de Luxe   MbKG  
12588 Toneking de Luxe   MbKG  
12609 Toneking de Luxe   MbKG, valve numbers 1, 2, 3 Bb cut to Eb trumpet  
12653 Toneking de Luxe      

12677

Toneking de Luxe

 

 

 

 

12688 Toneking de Luxe   Made by Keilwerth  
12728 Toneking de Luxe   MbKG, valve numbers 1, 2, 3
12752 Toneking de Luxe   MbKG, valve numbers 1, 2, 3  
12812 Toneking de Luxe ca 50 years in 2013    
12839 Toneking de Luxe   MbKG, valve numbers 1, 2, 3  
12899 Super de Luxe ca 1967-1968 MbKG no valve numbers  
12941 Super De Luxe   MbKG    

12990

Toneking de Luxe

 

 

 

 

12995 Toneking de Luxe        
13057 Toneking de Luxe   MbKG, valve numbers 1, 2, 3  
13101 Toneking de Luxe   MbKG, valve numbers 1, 2, 3  
13102 Toneking de Luxe   MbKG, valve numbers 1, 2, 3  
13211 Toneking de Luxe   MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3 J.Mollenhauer & Söhne Fulda    
13233 Toneking de Luxe bought in Bermuda, early sixties MbKG, valve numbers 1, 2, 3 black and gold  
13249 Toneking de Luxe   MbKG, valve numbers 1, 2, 3  
13077 Toneking de Luxe   MbKG, valve numbers 1, 2, 3    
13151 Toneking de Luxe   MbKG    
13401 Toneking de Luxe   MbKG, valve numbers 1, 2, 3 Hug&Cie Basel  

13406

Toneking de Luxe

 

MbKG, valve numbers 1, 2, 3

 

 

13442 Toneking de Luxe   MbKG, valve numbers 1, 2, 3  
13533 Toneking de Luxe        
13538 Toneking de Luxe 70's      
13539 Toneking de Luxe   MbKG, valve numbers 1, 2, 3    
13616 Super de Luxe 60's MbKG    
13654 Toneking de Luxe bought 13-11-1967 in Karlsruhe   black and gold
13677 Toneking de Luxe        
13686 LA Sete   MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3  
13724 Toneking de Luxe        
13774 Toneking de Luxe   MbKG, valve numbers 1, 2, 3  
13788 Toneking de Luxe   MbKG, valve numbers 1, 2, 3  
13821 Toneking de Luxe   MbKG, valve numbers 1,2,3    
13849 Toneking de Luxe        
13893 Toneking de Luxe      
13907 Toneking Special   black and gold MbKG round valve caps and bottoms  

13926

Toneking Super de Luxe

 

 

 

 

13928 Toneking Super de Luxe      
14044 Toneking de Luxe 'ca 1960' but could be later..    
14134 Toneking de Luxe   MbKG, valve numbers 1, 2, 3  
14183 Super de Luxe purchased new from factory mid 1967 MbKG, no valve numbers
14428 no model name   MbKG  
14432 Toneking de Luxe          
14512 Toneking de Luxe   MbKG C trumpet
14720 Toneking de Luxe   MbKG, valve numbers 1, 2, 3  
14734 Toneking de Luxe   MbKG, valve numbers 1, 2, 3    
14745 Toneking de Luxe   MbKG, valve numbers 1, 2, 3    
14798 Super de Luxe   MbKG Musik Schaller Kaiserslautern  
14927 Toneking de Luxe   MbKG, valve numbers 1, 2, 3  

14928

Toneking de Luxe

 

 

 

 

14931

Toneking

 

 

Cornet

 
14931 Toneking de Luxe around 1970 MbKG, valve numbers 1, 2, 3    

14971

Toneking de Luxe

 

 

Cornet

 

page 1: Keilwerth brass serial numbers 27 - 4.999

page 1: Keilwerth brass serial numbers 5.000 - 9.999

page 2: Keilwerth brass serial numbers 15.000 -335.308

For some instrument there is a more or less reliable date of purchase know. Based on these dates the graph below is made. Note that an instrument bought at a certain time may have waited in the shop for a considerable amount of time, sometimes several years. So drawing a line between the lower dots gives an approximation of the timeline of the production of Keilwerth brass, that is the first 30.000 Keilwerth instruments, which I believe is their own production.

year

serial number

If you note any discrepancies, or have additional information concerning the Keilwerth history and Keilwerth brass instruments, please contact me.

Additionally, I would be grateful to anyone who owns a Keilwerth brass instrument not listed to contact me with the name, type and serial number (etc.). It would be nice to build the list also using other horns than those that are being sold.

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Sources

bassic-sax.info/version5/vintage-saxes/european-made-saxes/julius-keilwerth/jk-nauheim

www.trompetenforum.de

www.trumpetherald.com

www.trumpetmaster.com

www.dallasmusic.org/jkbrass/

www.horn-u-copia.net

saxwelt.de/index.php/geschichte/keilwerth

www.ebay.de  www.ebay.com etc.

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