The New King Alto #21971 Source: eBay.de I have tried to find serial number charts for Keilwerth saxophones on a number of occasions. Usually my attempts have netted me partial listings at best. More often than not there are years missing out of the chart, so its always a best guess. Then this morning I happened to come across that I have seen to date. This chart covers saxophones built by the J. Keilwerth company from 1925 through 2000. This chart also happens to correspond to the research conducted by German saxophone historian Uwe Ladwig. The production of the Amati saxophones began in 1945 in the former building of the company Julius Keilwerth employing the Czech staff from the companies Kohlert, Huller, and Keilwerth. Initial saxophone production was of Keilwerth models with the brand name Keilwerth (labelled 'JKG' until 1955). In the 1990's, Keilwerth stenciled a saxophone for Buffet called the 'Expression' and that model has a Keilwerth serial number. The modern Buffet 400 (and similar) are Asian-made and do not follow these serial number charts. The Bundy in question here is from approximately 1950 to date. Perhaps this last fact is not surprising, since the source for this J. Keilwerth information is the German language website. I liken Saxwelt to the English speaking website —only Saxwelt is smaller in membership, and isn’t in English. However, don’t let the fact that it’s a German website scare you off. Keilwerth serial number chart does not require any foreign language skills. True the words serial number and production year are in German, but you’ll figure it out soon enough. ![]() So if you’re looking to date your J. Chances are you’ll find exactly what you’re looking for. Welcome to my site. JK did make some Jean Barre Artiste stencil horns. I do have a couple that I have managed to collect images from, (Bassic Sax Pix). That said, without seeing images of your horn, and without and without knowing its serial #, I can’t tell you for sure what you have. If you’d like me to tell you know more about your sax, send me some photos. Here’s that let’s you know what kind of photos allows me to help you the most. I2c serial eeprom. Send the photos to my, and please don’t forget to include the serial #, or at least the first 2 or 3 digits of it. I hope this helps. Regards, Helen. Welcome to my site. Well both of these questions have been answered in, but I’ll throw my 2 cents worth into them here as well. My friend Milandro was quite correct when he stated the horn’s vintage. According to the JK serial number chart that is linked to in the above article (did you read it/check it out BTW?) it was indeed made in 1957. As to your tenor’s value. That I couldn’t tell you as easily as my on-line buddy JayePDX can—he’s a dealer, I’m not.
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