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.

 

Julius Keilwerth serial numbers for brass instruments 15.000 - 335.350

(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

77539 Julius Keilwerth 1978 "ESPECIALLY MADE FOR JOHN ARTHY BY Julius Keilwerth NAUHEIM 20.1.1978" might be Böhm & Meinl stencil sousaphone  
158170 La Sete de Luxe   Elkhart Ind  
159342 La Sete de Luxe   Elkhart Ind  
181321 Toneking de Luxe 2000

(Blessing Scholastic 1971)

Julius Keilwerth W.Germany Cornet
2xxxxx Toneking Super de Luxe 2000   Julius Keilwerth W.Germany Valve trombone in Bb  
206087 Toneking Super de Luxe 2000     ValveTrombone in C  
217254 Julius Keilwerth     Trombone
222564 Super de Luxe 2000   Julius Keilwerth valve/slide trombone  
223420 Toneking Super de Luxe 2000 (Blessing B-170 ?) Julius Keilwerth W.Germany Valve/slidetrombone
223779 Toneking de Luxe 2000 60's/early 70's    
224135 Toneking de Luxe 2000        
224197 Toneking Super de Luxe 2000   Julius Keilwerth W.Germany trombone
225555 Toneking Super de Luxe 2000 bought new March 1977   valve trombone  
226548 Toneking Super de Luxe 2000     Flugel  
227280 Toneking Super de Luxe 2000   Julius Keilwerth W.Germany valve trombone  
227306 Toneking Super de Luxe 2000 ca 35 years old in 2017 Julius Keilwerth W.Germany Valvetrombone
227291 Toneking Super de Luxe 2000 (Blessing:1975) Julius Keilwerth W.Germany Valve Trombone
229439 Toneking Super de Luxe 2000     Flugel  
229472 Toneking Super de Luxe 2000   Julius Keilwerth Flugel  

232325

Toneking de Luxe 2000

'more than 40 years old in 2015'

 

 

 
232543 Toneking de Luxe 2000 'ca 50 years old in 2015'      

235875

 

Toneking Super de Luxe 2000   Julius Keilwerth W.Germany Valve trombone
239356 Toneking Super de Luxe 2000   Julius Keilwerth W.Germany Trombone
239640 Toneking de luxe 2000  

 

     

240409

Super de Luxe 2000

 

 

Flugelhorn

 
240976 Toneking de Luxe 2000 (Blessing:1976) Julius Keilwerth W.Germany Trombone
240982 Toneking de Luxe 2000 bought mid 90's, presumably 1970's   Trombone
241263 Toneking de Luxe 2000 bought in mid 70's  
241519 Toneking de Luxe 2000 ca. 1970 Julius Keilwerth W.Germany
241655 De Luxe 2000 bought on May 12th, 1977 for DM790 Julius Keilwerth W.Germany  
243333 Toneking Super de Luxe 2000?     Valve trombone
244343 Toneking de Luxe 2000 more than 30 years old in 2017   Cornet  
244547 Toneking de Luxe 2000   Julius Keilwerth W.Germany    
244687 Toneking de Luxe 2000      
245898 Toneking de Luxe 2000 'ca 30 years old in 2014' Julius Keilwerth W.Germany    
245917 Toneking de Luxe 2000   Julius Keilwerth W.Germany  

245929

Toneking de Luxe 2000

 

 

 

 
247066 Toneking de Luxe 2000 'ca 30 years old in 2014' Julius Keilwerth W.Germany
248270 Super de Luxe 2000 after 1970-73, before 1989(Blessing:1977) Julius Keilwerth W.Germany,  valve numbers 1, 2, 3
252855 Toneking Super de Luxe 2000 late 70's or early 80's Julius Keilwerth W.Germany C trumpet
256032 Toneking Super de Luxe 2000     Valve trombone  
257256 Toneking de Luxe 2000   Julius Keilwerth W.Germany Musik Heinz    
256032 Toneking Super de Luxe 2000     Valve trombone  
263785 Toneking de Luxe 2000 '80's Julius Keilwerth W.Germany  
264000 Toneking de Luxe 2000   Julius Keilwerth W.Germany    
266616 Toneking de Luxe 2000   Julius Keilwerth W.Germany
267310 Toneking de Luxe 2000   Julius Keilwerth W.Germany  
270082 Toneking Super de Luxe 2000 Guarantee card 19.07.1979   Trombone
272067 Toneking de Luxe 2000   Julius Keilwerth W.Germany  
275902 Toneking Super de Luxe 2000   Julius Keilwerth W.Germany
279069      
279608 Toneking Super de Luxe 2000 'begin to mid70's'    
283476? Julius Keilwerth (Blessing:1980)   Flugelhorn

292732

Toneking Super de Luxe 2000

 

 

C trumpet

 

296216

Toneking De Luxe 2000

197?/1980

lack

 

 

 
296654 Toneking Super de Luxe 2000     Trombone

297650

Toneking Super de Luxe 2000

 

 

 

306856

Toneking de Luxe 3000

1982-1986

(Blessing: jan 1982)

from Dallas site

Jazzophon

307869 Toneking Super de Luxe 2000     valve trombone  
312250 Toneking de Luxe 3000 80's,  sold from Nauheim   Jazzophon
312296 Toneking de Luxe 3000 ca. 1984

sold from Switzerland

  Jazzophon  

312298

Toneking de Luxe

 

 

 

 

312600

Toneking de Luxe 3000

before 1985

Bad Säckingen

Jazzophon

 

 
317519 Toneking Super de Luxe 2000 ca 30 years old in 2014   Trombone with F attachment  
318312 Julius Keilwerth Modell XS 11.1.90 on Guarantee card   two bells
319955 Toneking de Luxe 2000     C trumpet

335308

Julius Keilwerth

 

 

 

335350 Julius Keilwerth Toneking Exclusive      
9091C ? Student   885 on middle valve  
93745 Toneking    
96101 Toneking    
96591 Toneking    
99200 Toneking   447 on middle valve

99280

Toneking

 

 

 

101952 Student      
102002 Student   U1580 on middle valve  
102009 Student   883 on middle valve
102489 Toneking de Luxe   MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3  
108267 Student      
111255 Student   D1632 on middle valve  

112748 Q334

Student   round valve caps & bottoms  

112902

Toneking

 

round valve caps & bottoms

 

 

112927

 

Toneking   round valve caps & bottoms J.Mollenhauer & Sohne Fulda  
112953 Toneking   round valve caps & bottoms    
113336 Toneking   round valve caps & bottoms

113353

Toneking

 

round valve caps & bottoms

 

 
121533

H1162

 

Toneking

 

 
round valve caps & bottoms  
121551 Toneking de Luxe   round valve caps & bottoms    

 I 122742

Julius Keilwerth    Student

 

 Q 341

 

 

123399

Toneking

 

round valve caps & bottoms

 

 
124717 Student     tenorsax  
125722 Student bought on Dec. 12th, 1989   Trombone
  Student   Sold in the Netherlands  
Q314 Student      
Q317 Student      
X517 Student    
D2829 Toneking   with B&S mouthpiece
D2899 Toneking   with B&S mouthpiece
N1058 Student        
N1228 Student        
R389? Student        
R1148 Student      
R1509 Modell ST Bought in Germany in 1990  
R1713 Student          
D 165? Student    
370 Student      
1629 Student      

 

Julius Keilwerth Student

 

Sold in Kiev

 

29 Student   nr 29 near the connection Trombone
T162 Julius Keilwerth Modell AT      
1905 Julius Keilwerth Modell AT      

 

Julius Keilwerth Modell AT

ca 1985

 

 

 

Julius Keilwerth Modell SX

 ca 1988?

 

Trombone

  Keilwerth Modell ST     Trombone    

 

Toneking Super de Luxe

 

 

Slide/valve Trombone

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

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.

Blessing