Julius Keilwerth brass serial numbers
Seriennummern
50.000 - 335.350
Keilwerth Toneking de Luxe 3000 jazzophon, serial number 312296
page 1: Keilwerth brass serial numbers 27 - 2.499
page 2: Keilwerth brass serial numbers 2.500 - 4.999
page 3: Keilwerth brass serial numbers 5.000 - 9.999
page 4: Keilwerth brass serial numbers 10.000 - 14.999
page 5: Keilwerth brass serial numbers 15.000 - 49.999
On a separate page you'll find the 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.
The serial number list of brass instruments with more than 650 entries, that's maybe 2 percent of Keilwerth brass production, shows a fairly continuous serie up to number 30654, 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.
For additions and corrections: please contact me. Information about the year an (your) instrument was acquired is very helpful.
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 |
(Blessing Scholastic 1971)
232325
Toneking de Luxe 2000
'more than 40 years old in 2015'
240409
Super de Luxe 2000
Flugelhorn
245929
Toneking de Luxe 2000
292732
Toneking Super de Luxe 2000
C trumpet
296216
Toneking De Luxe 2000
197?/1980
lack
297650
Toneking Super de Luxe 2000
306856
Toneking de Luxe 3000
1982-1986
(Blessing: jan 1982)
from Dallas site
Jazzophon
sold from Switzerland
312298
Toneking de Luxe
312600
Toneking de Luxe 3000
before 1985
Bad Säckingen
Jazzophon
335308
Julius Keilwerth
page 1: Keilwerth brass serial numbers 27 - 2.499
page 2: Keilwerth brass serial numbers 2.500 - 4.999
page 3: Keilwerth brass serial numbers 5.000 - 9.999
page 4: Keilwerth brass serial numbers 10.000 - 14.999
page 5: Keilwerth brass serial numbers 15.000 - 49.999
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
saxwelt.de/index.php/geschichte/keilwerth
www.ebay.de www.ebay.com etc.
Blessing