Julius Keilwerth brass serial numbers
Seriennummern
15.000 - 49.999
Super de luxe serial number 20634
go to Keilwerth brass serial numbers 27 - 4.999
go to Keilwerth brass serial numbers 5000 - 9.999
go to Keilwerth brass serial numbers 10.000 - 15.000
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.
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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 |
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15033 |
Toneking de Luxe |
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Valve Trombone |
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15037 |
Toneking de Luxe |
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MbKG |
Valve Trombone |
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15057 |
Toneking de Luxe |
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MbKG valve numbers 1, 2, 3 sold by Musikhaus Pauly, Viersen |
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15082 |
Toneking de Luxe |
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MbKG valve numbers 1, 2, 3 |
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| 15131 | Toneking de Luxe | MbKG valve numbers 1, 2, 3 |
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15253 |
Toneking de Luxe |
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MbKG valve numbers 1, 2, 3 |
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15293 |
Toneking de Luxe |
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15431 |
Toneking de Luxe |
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MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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15460 |
Toneking de Luxe |
'1939' |
MbKG, valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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| 15468 | Toneking de Luxe |
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15494 |
Toneking de Luxe |
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| 15530 | Super de Luxe | |||||
| 15546 | Super de Luxe | MbKG |
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15700 |
Toneking |
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Cornet |
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| 15720 | Toneking | bought second hand in 1974 | MbKG, valve numbers 1,2,3 | Cornet |
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15763 |
Toneking |
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black and gold |
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| 15820 | The New King | bought new in 1968-1970 in Sunndalsøra, Norway | black and gold |
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15836 |
Toneking de Luxe |
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black and gold MbKG |
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15911 |
Toneking de Luxe |
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| 15931 | Toneking de Luxe | black and gold MbKG |
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16016 |
Toneking de Luxe |
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16068 |
Toneking |
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MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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16214 |
Toneking de Luxe |
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16402 |
Super de Luxe |
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MbKG |
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| 16535 | Toneking de Luxe | MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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16539 |
Toneking de Luxe |
70's |
MbKG, valve numbers 7, 8, 9 |
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| 16553 | Toneking de Luxe | MbKG, valve numbers 1, 2, 3 |
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16584 |
Toneking |
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MbKG, valve numbers 1, 2, 3 |
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| 16738 | Toneking de Luxe | MbKG |
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| 1679x | Super de Luxe | MbKG |
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| 16817 | Super de Luxe | MbKG |
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16833 |
Super de Luxe |
'40 -50 years old in 2013' |
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| 16888 | Super de Luxe | MbKG |
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16889 |
Super de Luxe |
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| 16895 | Toneking | MbKG, valve numbers 1, 2, 3 |
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16939 |
Toneking de Luxe |
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MbKG, valve numbers 1, 2, 3 |
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16948 |
Toneking de Luxe |
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| 17041 | Toneking | MbKG, valve numbers 1, 2, 3 |
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17044 |
Toneking |
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MbKG |
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17048 |
Toneking |
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MbKG, valve numbers 1, 2, 3 |
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| 17131 | Toneking |
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| 17147 | Toneking | MbKG, valve numbers 1, 2, 3 | xxx | |||
| 17175 | Toneking | MbKG valvenumbers 1, 2, 3 |
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17211 |
Toneking de Luxe |
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black and gold |
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17219 |
Toneking de Luxe |
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MbKG valve numbers 1, 2, 3 |
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17276 |
Toneking de Luxe |
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MbKG valve numbers 1, 2, 3 |
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| 17348 | Toneking | MbKG valve numbers 1, 2, 3 | xx | |||
| 17372 | Toneking | MbKG valve numbers 1, 2, 3 |
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| 17384 | Toneking | MbKG valve numbers 1, 2, 3 |
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17491 |
Toneking de Luxe |
'~1900' |
valve numbers 1, 2, 3 |
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| 17559 | Toneking de Luxe | MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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17585 |
Toneking de Luxe |
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MbKG valve numbers 1, 2, 3 new leadpipe and triggers added |
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| 17602 | Toneking de Luxe | MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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17611 |
Toneking de Luxe |
bought 1970/71 Barth Stuttgart |
Lack, nickel ca DM 500 |
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17659 |
Toneking |
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MbKG |
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17761 |
Toneking |
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MbKG |
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| 17805 | Toneking | MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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17909 |
Toneking |
1970/71 |
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Cornet |
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18014 |
Toneking de Luxe |
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MbKG |
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18029 |
Toneking de Luxe |
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MbKG valve numbers 1,2, 3 |
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18047 |
Toneking de Luxe |
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MbKG valve numbers 1,2, 3 |
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| 18128 | Super de Luxe | Wilhelm Stowasser Graz Kernstockgasse 22-24 | MbKG |
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| 182xx | Superba 1 | for sale from Saint Clair Shores, Michigan, 2015 | H.Couf, by Keilwerth Germany | bell 4.5 inches, bore .45 inches | ||
| 18221 | Superba 2 | H Couf Made by Keilwerth W Germany | ||||
| 18242 | Superba 1 | sold from Michigan 2019 | Made exclusively for H. Couf by Julius Keilwerth W. Germany valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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| 18251 | Superba 1 | Made exclusively for H. Couf by Julius Keilwerth W. Germany valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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| 18254 | Superba 2 | for sale from Michigan 2018 | Made exclusively for H. Couf by Julius Keilwerth W. Germany |
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18310 |
Hamilton |
sold in 2014 from Berkley, Michigan |
MbKG valve numbers 1,2, 3 |
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| 18369 | Toneking de Luxe? | MbKG valve numbers 1,2, 3 |
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18516 |
Toneking de Luxe |
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MbKG valve numbers 1,2, 3 |
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| 18527 | Superba 1 | H. Couf by Keilwerth |
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18570 |
Toneking de Luxe |
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| 18633 | LA Séte | MbKG valve numbers 1 2,3 |
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18712 |
LA Séte |
mid or late 60's |
MbKG valve numbers 1,2, 3 |
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18741 |
La Sete |
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sold in 2007 on Ebay as Keilwerth La Sete Made in Germany |
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18878 |
Toneking de Luxe |
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MbKG valve numbers 1,2, 3 |
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| 19082 | Toneking de Luxe | MbKG valve numbers 1,2, 3 |
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19086 |
Toneking de Luxe |
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MbKG valve numbers 1,2, 3 |
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19086 |
Toneking de Luxe |
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MbKG valve numbers 1,2, 3 |
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19086 |
Toneking 'Powerfly' |
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20500
Toneking de Luxe
20613
Super de Luxe
MbKG bicolor
20732
Toneking de Luxe
Valve Trombone
21100
Messing lacquered
21167
Toneking de Luxe
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21289
Toneking
Cornet
22318
Hamilton USA 1040
Purchased from Grossman Music Co. in the early 1960’s
MbKG
22491
Toneking
22870
Toneking
22948
Toneking de Luxe
MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3
23240
Toneking de Luxe
MbKG, valve numbers 1, 2, 3
23479
Toneking de Luxe
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24082
24584
Toneking de Luxe
Ca 1968
24688
Toneking de Luxe
End of the 60’s
bicolor
24770
Toneking de Luxe
24817
Toneking de Luxe
24872
Toneking de Luxe
Ca 1970
24961
Toneking de Luxe
25141
Toneking?
25405
Toneking de Luxe
25455
Toneking de Luxe
MbKG, valve numbers 1,2,3
25680
Toneking de Luxe
26238
Toneking de Luxe
26265
Toneking de Luxe
26270
Toneking de Luxe
C trumpet
26884
Toneking de Luxe
'50 yr old'
26968
Toneking de Luxe
MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3
Valve Trombone
26995
Toneking de Luxe
MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3
Valve Trombone
27918
27963
1982-1986
ex coll. Jim Glass
28380
Toneking
Ca 1970
28890
29456
Toneking
29786
Toneking
29834
Toneking
bicolor
30242
Toneking
'Ca 40 years old in 2012'
30383
Toneking
black and gold
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44902
Toneking
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go to Keilwerth brass serial numbers 27 - 4.999
go to Keilwerth brass serial numbers 5.000 - 9.999
go to Keilwerth brass serial numbers 10.000 - 15.000
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.
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