King serial numbers. Please note that there are a few stencils with the king name on them that were not made by the hn white company. I just got a high standard sport king and am wondering about its value. Frequently thomas king went from the theatre to whites shop to the the model trombone in its various stages of development. Before 1918 the engraving read simply as h.
Year manufactured serial number. Even so its possible from this record to assemble a basic serial number chart for these instruments. 25 jul 2007. King serial number ranges by model.
Pre 1916 kings are kohlert or evette schaeffer stencils. Locate king instrument serial numbers. The record is much less complete after 1936. The g prefix serial numbers included the 103 series sport king the 103.
2 oct 2018. Instruments manufactured after 1936 range in serial number from 1350 3600. Conn king musical instrument serial number info this list is not correct for conn saxophones see conn woodwind serial numbers or conn bugles see pan american brass serial numbers. The king lemaire is a kohlert or amati stencil probably kohlert.
Early instruments have a lions head near the serial numbers and marked the king. The log book shows the serial numbers jumping around quite a bit for the selmeradolphe sax saxophones. See conn reed instrument list at bottom of page or click return to link page with additional page on this web site. Serial number ranges by model full serial number chart.
1954 has a 6 58 or 34 barrel and the serial number is 394xxx. Hn white king serial numbers year starting year starting year starting year starting 1893 1 1923 58000 1953 330000 1983 906860 1894 250 1924 68000 1954 337000 1984 941716 1895 500 1925 78000 1955 340000 1985 976572 1896 750 1926 88000 1956 346000 1986 prefix 36 1897 1000 1927 98000 1957 352000 1987 prefix 37. The king tempo is a keilwerth stencil. Compare your findings to the serial number list.
White in 1918 the company was incorporated and co was added to the engraving in 1926 1928 the sterling silver bells first used.