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King Serial Number Ranges By Model

Please note that there are a few stencils with the "King" name on them that were not made by the HN White Company:

  • Pre-1916 Kings are Kohlert or Evette & Schaeffer stencils.
  • The King Tempo is a Keilwerth stencil.
  • The King Lemaire is a Kohlert or Amati stencil (probably Kohlert). The name is from King's association with SML: Strasser-Marigaux-Lemaire.
  • The King Marigaux is an SML stencil
  • "The New King" and "Toneking" are model names for a Keilwerth series of horns
  • "Recording King" was a model name for a series of stencil horns, mainly made by Martin
ModelStart #End #
"King" 50,000 (1916) 110,000 (1929)
Voll-True 110,000 (1929) 180,000 (1935)
Zephyr 180,000 (1935) 511,000 (1975)
Super 20 272,000 (1945) 800,000 (1998)
Super 21 731,000 (1995) 736,000 (1996)

King Serial Number Chart

Serial Number Year Manufactured
1
1893
50,001
1915
78,001
1925
126,001
1930
176,000
1935
186,001
1936
200,001
1937
212,001
1938
225,001
1939
239,001
1940
254,001
1941
264,001
1942
267,501
1945
277,001
1946
287,001
1947
296,501
1948
301,500
1949
308,001
1950
316,501
1951
322,001
1952
330,001
1953
337,001
1954
340,001
1955
370,001
1960
406,501
1965
457,601
1970
511,751
1975
850,976
1981
906,860
1983
976,572
1985
100,000
1985

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