Julius Keilwerth brass serial numbers
Seriennummern
15.000 - 335.350Super 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.
20039 | Toneking | 1970's | MbKG valve numbers 1,2, 3 |
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20500 |
Toneking de Luxe |
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20613 |
Super de Luxe |
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20634 | Super de Luxe | MbKG |
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20731 | Toneking de Luxe | Valve Trombone |
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20732 |
Toneking de Luxe |
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20914 | Toneking |
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21096 | De Luxe |
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21100 |
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21167 |
Toneking de Luxe |
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21174 | Toneking de Luxe | MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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21205 | Toneking de Luxe | end 70', begin 80's? |
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21210 | Toneking de Luxe | MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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21289 |
Toneking |
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21478 | Toneking |
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21739 | Toneking de Luxe | MkKG, valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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21765 | Toneking de Luxe | 45 years old in 2016 | MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3 Musik-Schaller Kaiserslautern |
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21774 | Toneking de Luxe | MbKG |
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21779 | Toneking de Luxe | ca 40 years old in 2017 | MbKG, valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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21902 | La Sete | with Julius Keilwerth mouthpiece | MbKG, valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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21904 | LA Seté | MbKG source: HUC |
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21982 | La Sete | MbKG |
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22047 | Hamilton | MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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22051 | La Sete | MbKG, valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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22069 | Toneking | MbKG, valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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22090 | Hamilton | MbKG |
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22219 | Hamilton | MbKG, valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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22266 | Hamilton | MbKG |
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22275 | Hamilton 1040 | Garanteed by Grossman Music Co, Cleveland Ohio, from a store that closed in the 70's | MbKG, valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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Hamilton USA 1040 |
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22319 | Hamilton | two tone, with Hamilton mouthpiece | MbKG, valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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22337 | Hamilton | came with a trumpet book from 1971 | MbKG, valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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22351 | Toneking | valve caps and bottoms adjusted, black finish added | MbKG |
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22466 | Toneking | MbKG |
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22491 |
Toneking |
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22510 | Ardsley | MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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22641 | Toneking de Luxe | MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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22643 | Toneking de Luxe | MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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22714 | Toneking de Luxe | MbKG |
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22756 | Toneking de Luxe | MbKG | Cornet |
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22870 |
Toneking |
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22943 | Toneking de Luxe | MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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22948 |
Toneking de Luxe |
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MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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23157 | Toneking de Luxe | MbKG, valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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23207 | Toneking de luxe | MbKG, valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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23240 |
Toneking de Luxe |
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MbKG, valve numbers 1, 2, 3 |
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23300 | Toneking de Luxe | MbKG, valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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23479 |
Toneking de Luxe |
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23484 | Super de Luxe | MbKG |
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23545 | Super de Luxe |
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23564 | Super de Luxe | MbKG |
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23661 | Toneking | Made by Keilwerth no valve numbers |
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23664 | Toneking |
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23484 | Super de Luxe | MbKG, no valve numbers |
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23868 | Superba 1 | bought second hand in Michigan in 1978 | Made exclusively for H. Couf by Julius Keilwerth W. Germany valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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24065 | Toneking de Luxe | 70's? | Valve Trombone |
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24082
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Toneking de Luxe |
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24187 | Toneking | MbKG, valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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24212 | Toneking |
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24245 | Toneking | MbKG, valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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24277 | Toneking | MbKG, valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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24278 | Toneking | more than 40 years in 2015 |
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24424 | Toneking | 1973 |
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24474 | Toneking | MbKG, valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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24552 | Toneking de Luxe | MbKG, valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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24577 | Toneking de Luxe | MbKG, valve numbers 1,2,3, |
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24584 |
Toneking de Luxe |
Ca 1968 |
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24688 |
Toneking de Luxe |
End of the 60’s |
bicolor |
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24770 |
Toneking de Luxe |
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24787 | Toneking de Luxe | ca 1970-1975 | silver |
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24796 | Toneking de Luxe | MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3, |
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24815 | Toneking de Luxe | silver |
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24817 |
Toneking de Luxe |
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24872 |
Toneking de Luxe |
Ca 1970 |
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24924 | Toneking de Luxe | MbKG, valve numbers 1,2,3, | cornet |
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24961 |
Toneking de Luxe |
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25141 |
Toneking? |
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25369 | Toneking de Luxe | MbKG, valve numbers 1,2,3 | xx | |||
25405 |
Toneking de Luxe |
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25451 | Toneking de Luxe | MbKG, valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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25455 |
Toneking de Luxe |
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MbKG, valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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25461 | Toneking de Luxe | MbKG, valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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22576 | Toneking | MbKG, valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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25654 | Toneking de Luxe | 40-50 years old in 2018 | MbKG, valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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25680 |
Toneking de Luxe |
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25692 | Toneking de Luxe | ca 1975 |
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25720? | Toneking |
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25761 | Toneking | MbKG, valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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25849 | Toneking de Luxe | 50-60 years in 2013 |
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25863 | MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3, round valve caps/bottoms, trigger |
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25883 | Toneking de Luxe? | Julius Keilwerth W. Germany valve numbers 1,2,3, round valve caps/bottoms Volksbank Warstein |
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25926 | Toneking de Luxe |
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25943 | Toneking de Luxe | MbKG, valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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25949 | Toneking de Luxe | 60's or 70's |
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25980 | Toneking de Luxe | MbKG, valve numbers 1,2,3 | valve trombone |
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26047 | Toneking | MbKG, valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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26064 | Toneking | MbKG, valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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26109 | Toneking de luxe? |
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26197 | Toneking de Luxe |
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26238 |
Toneking de Luxe |
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26265 |
Toneking de Luxe |
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26270 |
Toneking de Luxe |
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27386 | Toneking de Luxe |
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26658 | Toneking de Luxe | MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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26711 | Toneking de Luxe | MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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26756 | Toneking de Luxe | MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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26762 | Toneking de Luxe | MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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26790 | Toneking de Luxe | MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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26808 | Toneking de Luxe | MbKG |
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26841 | Super de Luxe | MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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26856 | Super de Luxe |
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26861 | Toneking de Luxe? | MbKG |
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26873 | Super de Luxe | Julius Keilwerth W.Germany |
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26875 | Toneking de Luxe? | Julius Keilwerth W.Germany |
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26884 |
Toneking de Luxe |
'50 yr old' |
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26950 | Toneking de Luxe | MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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26961 | Toneking de Luxe | Valve Trombone | ||||
26968 |
Toneking de Luxe |
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MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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26995 |
Toneking de Luxe |
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MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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27291 | Toneking de Luxe | MbKG |
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27301 | Toneking de Luxe | MbKG |
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27420? | Toneking de Luxe | MbKG |
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27529 | Toneking de Luxe | MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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27621 | Toneking de Luxe | ca 30 years in 2017 | Cornet |
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27853 | Toneking de Luxe | MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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27918
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27919 | Super de Luxe | '80's' | Bundy H. & A. Selmer Inc case |
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27963 |
1982-1986 |
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28134 | Toneking | MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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28347 | Toneking de Luxe | MbKG |
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28364 | Toneking | MbKG |
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28380 |
Toneking |
Ca 1970 |
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28542 | Toneking | no MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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28561 | Toneking |
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28890 |
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28943 | Toneking | valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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28959 | Toneking |
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29036 | Toneking |
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29107 | Toneking de Luxe | 70's? | Made in Germany, bicolor |
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29136 | Toneking de Luxe |
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29404 | Toneking de Luxe | valve numbers 1, 2, 3, |
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29456 |
Toneking |
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29543 | Toneking | valve numbers 1, 2, 3, octagonal valve caps/bottoms |
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29599 | Toneking |
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29620 | Toneking | bought June 8th 1977 | no MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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29659 | Toneking | no MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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29699 | Toneking | more than ca 30 years in 2015 |
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29786 |
Toneking |
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29834 |
Toneking |
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29844 | Toneking | Julius Keilwerth W. Germany valve numbers 1,2,3, octa-gonal valve caps/bottoms |
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29900 | Toneking | no 'Made by Keilwerth' Germany, valve numbers 1,2,3 sandblasted |
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30019 | Toneking de Luxe | 20-30 years old in 2018 | MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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30036 | Toneking de Luxe | 1970 | black and gold |
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30046 | Toneking | MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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30049 | Toneking de Luxe | MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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30121 | Toneking | 40-50 years old in 2013 | MbKG |
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30147 | Toneking | MbKG valve numbers 1, 2, 3, octagonal valve caps/bottoms |
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30159 | Toneking | before 1979, from Rio de Janeiro | MbKG | |||
30162 | Toneking | MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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30165 | Toneking |
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30206 | Toneking | MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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30242 |
Toneking |
'Ca 40 years old in 2012' |
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30257 | Toneking | MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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30383 |
Toneking |
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30585 | Toneking | Julius Keilwerth Toneking valve numbers 1,2, 3 |
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30645? | Toneking | Julius Keilwerth Toneking valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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30658 | Toneking | late 70's/ early 80's | Julius Keilwerth W. Germany, valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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43577 | Toneking de Luxe |
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44xxx | Toneking | silver |
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44902 |
Toneking |
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45413 | Toneking |
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45490 | Toneking | no 'Made by Keilwerth Germany' |
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46425 | Toneking | no 'Made by Keilwerth Germany' |
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46435 | Toneking | no 'Made by Keilwerth Germany' |
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46499 | Toneking | no 'Made by Keilwerth Germany' |
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46529 | Toneking | 40-50 years old in 2015 | trombone |
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49999 | Toneking | MbKG valve numbers 1,2,3 |
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77539 | Julius Keilwerth | 1978 | "ESPECIALLY MADE FOR JOHN ARTHY BY Julius Keilwerth NAUHEIM 20.1.1978" might be Böhm & Meinl stencil | sousaphone |
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158170 | La Sete de Luxe | Elkhart Ind |
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159342 | La Sete de Luxe | Elkhart Ind |
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181321 | Toneking de Luxe 2000 |
(Blessing Scholastic 1971) |
Julius Keilwerth W.Germany | Cornet |
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2xxxxx | Toneking Super de Luxe 2000 | Julius Keilwerth W.Germany | Valve trombone in Bb |
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206087 | Toneking Super de Luxe 2000 | ValveTrombone in C |
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217254 | Julius Keilwerth |
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222564 | Super de Luxe 2000 | Julius Keilwerth | valve/slide trombone |
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223420 | Toneking Super de Luxe 2000 | (Blessing B-170 ?) | Julius Keilwerth W.Germany | Valve/slidetrombone |
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223779 | Toneking de Luxe 2000 | 60's/early 70's |
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224135 | Toneking de Luxe 2000 |
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224197 | Toneking Super de Luxe 2000 | Julius Keilwerth W.Germany | trombone |
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225555 | Toneking Super de Luxe 2000 | bought new March 1977 | valve trombone |
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226548 | Toneking Super de Luxe 2000 | Flugel |
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227280 | Toneking Super de Luxe 2000 | Julius Keilwerth W.Germany | valve trombone |
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227306 | Toneking Super de Luxe 2000 | ca 35 years old in 2017 | Julius Keilwerth W.Germany |
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227291 | Toneking Super de Luxe 2000 | (Blessing:1975) | Julius Keilwerth W.Germany | Valve Trombone |
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229439 | Toneking Super de Luxe 2000 | Flugel |
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229472 | Toneking Super de Luxe 2000 | Julius Keilwerth | Flugel |
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232325 |
Toneking de Luxe 2000 |
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232543 | Toneking de Luxe 2000 | 'ca 50 years old in 2015' |
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Toneking Super de Luxe 2000 | Julius Keilwerth W.Germany | Valve trombone |
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239356 | Toneking Super de Luxe 2000 | Julius Keilwerth W.Germany | Trombone |
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239640 | Toneking de luxe 2000 |
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240409 |
Super de Luxe 2000 |
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240976 | Toneking de Luxe 2000 | (Blessing:1976) | Julius Keilwerth W.Germany | Trombone |
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240982 | Toneking de Luxe 2000 | bought mid 90's, presumably 1970's | Trombone |
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241263 | Toneking de Luxe 2000 | bought in mid 70's |
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241519 | Toneking de Luxe 2000 | ca. 1970 | Julius Keilwerth W.Germany |
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241655 | De Luxe 2000 | bought on May 12th, 1977 for DM790 | Julius Keilwerth W.Germany |
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243333 | Toneking Super de Luxe 2000? | Valve trombone |
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244343 | Toneking de Luxe 2000 | more than 30 years old in 2017 | Cornet |
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244547 | Toneking de Luxe 2000 | Julius Keilwerth W.Germany |
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244687 | Toneking de Luxe 2000 |
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245898 | Toneking de Luxe 2000 | 'ca 30 years old in 2014' | Julius Keilwerth W.Germany |
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245917 | Toneking de Luxe 2000 | Julius Keilwerth W.Germany |
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245929 |
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247066 | Toneking de Luxe 2000 | 'ca 30 years old in 2014' | Julius Keilwerth W.Germany |
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248270 | Super de Luxe 2000 | after 1970-73, before 1989(Blessing:1977) | Julius Keilwerth W.Germany, valve numbers 1, 2, 3 |
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252855 | Toneking Super de Luxe 2000 | late 70's or early 80's | Julius Keilwerth W.Germany | C trumpet |
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256032 | Toneking Super de Luxe 2000 | Valve trombone |
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257256 | Toneking de Luxe 2000 | Julius Keilwerth W.Germany Musik Heinz |
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256032 | Toneking Super de Luxe 2000 | Valve trombone |
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263785 | Toneking de Luxe 2000 | '80's | Julius Keilwerth W.Germany |
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264000 | Toneking de Luxe 2000 | Julius Keilwerth W.Germany |
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266616 | Toneking de Luxe 2000 | Julius Keilwerth W.Germany |
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267310 | Toneking de Luxe 2000 | Julius Keilwerth W.Germany |
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270082 | Toneking Super de Luxe 2000 | Guarantee card 19.07.1979 | Trombone |
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272067 | Toneking de Luxe 2000 | Julius Keilwerth W.Germany |
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275902 | Toneking Super de Luxe 2000 | Julius Keilwerth W.Germany |
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279608 | Toneking Super de Luxe 2000 | 'begin to mid70's' |
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283476? | Julius Keilwerth | (Blessing:1980) | Flugelhorn |
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Toneking Super de Luxe 2000 |
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296216 |
Toneking De Luxe 2000 |
197?/1980 |
lack |
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296654 | Toneking Super de Luxe 2000 | Trombone |
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297650 |
Toneking Super de Luxe 2000 |
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306856 |
Toneking de Luxe 3000 |
1982-1986 (Blessing: jan 1982) |
from Dallas site |
Jazzophon |
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307869 | Toneking Super de Luxe 2000 | valve trombone |
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312250 | Toneking de Luxe 3000 | 80's, sold from Nauheim | Jazzophon |
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312296 | Toneking de Luxe 3000 |
ca. 1984
sold from Switzerland |
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312298 |
Toneking de Luxe |
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312600 |
Toneking de Luxe 3000 |
before 1985 |
Bad Säckingen |
Jazzophon |
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317519 | Toneking Super de Luxe 2000 | ca 30 years old in 2014 | Trombone with F attachment |
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318312 | Julius Keilwerth Modell XS | 11.1.90 on Guarantee card | two bells |
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319955 | Toneking de Luxe 2000 | C trumpet |
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335308 |
Julius Keilwerth |
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335350 | Julius Keilwerth Toneking Exclusive |
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9091C ? | Student | 885 on middle valve |
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