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
Model | Start # | 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 |