Serial Number Chart

Serial Number Chart
(All models; 19001/01 to 1977)

VKS Models

Kohlert Models

Historical Information

Serial Number Chart

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Year Started With Serial Number	Year	Date Confirmed Serial Numbers (earliest, latest)	Model(s) Introduced	Model(s) Discontinued	Notes
.	.	.	.	..	.
1	1901	.	"Early"	.	.
800	1902	.	.	..	.
16000	1903	.	.	.	.
24000	1904	.	.	.	.
32000	1905	.	.	.	.
40000	1906	.	.	.	.
48000	1907	.	.	.	.
56000	1908	.	.	.	.
64000	1909	.	.	.	.
72000	1910	.	HN White stencil	.	HN White stenciled Kohlert horns for a few years as their saxophone line before the King model was introduced.
80000	1911	.	.	.	.
88000	1912	.	.	.	.
96000	1913	.	.	.	.
104000	1914	.	.	.	.
112000	1915	.	.	.	.
120000	1916	.	.	.	.
128000	1917	.	.	HN White stencil	.
136000	1918	.	.	.	.
144000	1919	.	.	.	.
152000	1920	.	.	.	.
160000	1921	.	.	.	.
168000	1922	.	.	.	.
176000	1923	.	.	.	.
184000	1924	.	.	.	.
192000	1925	.	.	.	.
200000	1926	.	Modell 1926	"Early"	.
210000	1927	215137	Modell 1927	Modell 1926	.
215000	1928	216510, 221280	Modell 1928	Modell 1927	.
222000	1929	.	Modell 1929	Modell 1928	.
230000	1930	238950	"1930 - 1934"	Modell 1929	.
235000	1931	.	.	.	.
240000	1932	.	.	.	.
245000	1933	.	.	.	.
250000	1934	.	.	.	.
265000	1935	.	"VKS"	"1930 - 1934"	.
270250	1936	.	.	.	.
275500	1937	.	.	.	.
280750	1938	.	.	.	.
286001	1939	.	"WWII"	"VKS"	Assumption: in 1939 Kohlert was retooled for the war effort. I have pics of an "Amati" model from appx. 1945-7 that has a s/n of 286320.
286010	1940	.	.	.	.
286020	1941	.	.	.	.
286030	1942	.	.	.	.
286040	1943	.	.	.	.
286050	1944	.	.	.	.
286060	1945	.	"Amati"	"WWII"	.
286070	1946	.	.	.	.
286100	1947	286320	.	.	.
.	1948	.	Some New King "II" horns	"Amati"	A very small amount of beveled-tone-hole horns probably produced by/with Keilwerth. Keilwerth serial # probably used.
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0	1949	.	Winnenden	.	New serial number chart starts at 0.
1400	1950	.	.	.	.
2800	1951	.	.	.	.
4200	1952	.	.	.	.
5600	1953	.	.	.	.
7000	1954	7940, 12794	.	.	.
21000	1955	21171, 29800	55	Winnenden	.
29900	1956	29900	Regent, "Keilwerth"	55	Horns labeled "JGK: Best in the World" use the Keilwerth serial number chart, but aren't really made by Keilwerth -- they're Amatis.
35000	1957	35300, 51023	57, Bixley (B&H Edgware/Oxford stencils)	"Keilwerth"	.
55000	1958	60283	58	57	.
61000	1959	.	59	58	.
64000	1960	.	Kohlert	59	.
67000	1961	.	.	.	.
70000	1962	.	.	.	.
73000	1963	.	.	.	.
77000	1964	.	.	.	.
80000	1965	.	.	.	.
85000	1966	85000 (approximate)	.	Regent, Bixley (probably)	Official bankruptcy year/serial
85001	1967	.	.	.	.
86500	1968	.	.	.	.
88000	1969	.	.	.	.
89500	1970	.	.	.	.
91000	1971	.	.	.	.
92500	1972	.	.	.	92656: highest serial number I've seen.
94000	1973	.	.	.	.
95500	1974	.	.	.	.
97000	1975	.	.	.	.
98500	1976	.	.	.	.
100000	1977	.	.	Kohlert	Approximate highest serial number; end of all saxophone production

NOTES:

The only serial numbers that anyone can realistically match up with dates are:
- Models named after years (e.g. Modell 1928, 57)
- Winnenden horns
- Horns from 1948, 1949, 1956 and 1966 (and possibly 1901, 1949 and 1977, if you're lucky).

All other data is highly suspect: there are no existing Kohlert serial number charts. Keeping this in mind, I'd say this chart is accurate by no more than +- 5 years, except for the years I just indicated.

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