Kohlert Serial Number Ranges By Model
Model | Start # | End # | ||
VKS Models | unknown | (1900) | unknown | (1948) |
Kohlert Models | unknown | (1949) | unknown | (1977) |
Kohlert Serial Number Chart
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.
Serial Number | Year Manufactured |
Model Introduced: 'Early' | |
1 |
1901 |
800 |
1902 |
16,000 |
1903 |
24,000 |
1904 |
32,000 |
1905 |
40,000 |
1906 |
48,000 |
1907 |
56,000 |
1908 |
64,000 |
1909 |
Model Introduced: HN White stencil | |
HN White stenciled Kohlert horns for a few years as their saxophone line before the King model was introduced. | |
72,000 |
1910 |
80,000 |
1911 |
88,000 |
1912 |
96,000 |
1913 |
104,000 |
1914 |
112,000 |
1915 |
120,000 |
1916 |
128,000 |
1917 |
136,000 |
1918 |
144,000 |
1919 |
152,000 |
1920 |
160,000 |
1921 |
168,000 |
1922 |
176,000 |
1923 |
184,000 |
1924 |
192,000 |
1925 |
Model Introduced: Modell 1926 | |
200,000 |
1926 |
Model Introduced: Modell 1927 | |
210,000 |
1927 |
Model Introduced: Modell 1928 | |
215,000 |
1928 |
Model Introduced: Modell 1929 | |
222,000 |
1929 |
Model Introduced: 1930 - 1934 | |
230,000 |
1930 |
235,000 |
1931 |
240,000 |
1932 |
245,000 |
1933 |
250,000 |
1934 |
Model Introduced: VKS | |
265,000 |
1935 |
270,250 |
1936 |
275,500 |
1937 |
280,750 |
1938 |
Model Introduced: WWII | |
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. | |
286,001 |
1939 |
286,010 |
1940 |
286,020 |
1941 |
286,030 |
1942 |
286,040 |
1943 |
286,050 |
1944 |
Model Introduced: Amati | |
286,060 |
1945 |
286,070 |
1946 |
286,100 |
1947 |
Model Introduced: Some New King 'II' horns | |
A very small amount of beveled-tone-hole horns probably produced by/with Keilwerth. Keilwerth serial # probably used. | |
1948 | |
Model Introduced: Winnenden | |
New serial number chart starts at 0 | |
1949 | |
1,400 |
1950 |
2,800 |
1951 |
4,200 |
1952 |
5,600 |
1953 |
7,000 |
1954 |
Model Introduced: 55 | |
21,000 |
1955 |
Model Introduced: Regent, 'Keilwerth' | |
Horns labeled 'JGK: Best in the World' use the Keilwerth serial number chart, but aren't really made by Keilwerth - they're Amatis. | |
29,900 |
1956 |
Model Introduced: 57, Bixley (B&H Edgware/Oxford stencils) | |
35,000 |
1957 |
Model Introduced: 58 | |
55,000 |
1958 |
Model Introduced: 59 | |
61,000 |
1959 |
Model Introduced: Kohlert | |
64,000 |
1960 |
67,000 |
1961 |
70,000 |
1962 |
73,000 |
1963 |
77,000 |
1964 |
80,000 |
1965 |
Official bankruptcy year/serial | |
85,000 |
1966 |
85,001 |
1967 |
86,500 |
1968 |
88,000 |
1969 |
89,500 |
1970 |
91,000 |
1971 |
94,000 |
1973 |
95,500 |
1974 |
97,000 |
1975 |
98,500 |
1976 |
Approximate highest serial number | |
100,000 |
1977 |