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1. Soprano sax antigua winds serial numbers#
2. Soprano sax antigua winds serial number#
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Kohlert dies and the ownership of the Kohlert Company is transferred to his sons, Rudolf, Daniel and Franz 3 and the company's name is changed to 'V. However, he did not produce any saxophones. 1840: The Kohlert Company was founded in Graslitz, Czechoslovakia by Vincenz Ferarius Kohlert 2.Kohlert's Sons'), but some variant of 'Kohlert' is always listed. There are other Anglicized/Germanized variants of the VKS label (e.g. This is the Czech form of Kohlert's name. However, Kohlert IS 'Vincenta (or 'V.' or 'Vizenze' or several other variants) Kohlerta Synov%uFFFD Kraslice'. Matters grew more complicated after Keilwerth began producing saxophones in 1925/6: not only did Keilwerth produce stencils of their horns (of which, they branded at least one Kohlert model), but they furnished saxophone bodies to a variety of other German and Czech manufacturers which would affix their own keywork and sell the horn under a different name - sometimes with no trace of the Keilwerth mark on the horn. The similarity in design is not because they shared a common ancestor, but more rather because company X would produce a good design and then everyone else would copy it (this tidbit of information popped up numerous times while I researched Kohlert and Keilwerth). The similarity in names and similarity in the saxophone designs from Kohlert and Köhler throws most folks for a considerable loop. However, while the Köhler example I've seen does not look like a Keilwerth or Kohlert design, yes, there's always the possibility that Köhler did stencil some horns from either Keilwerth or Kohlert. They stopped producing instruments around 1961. Köhler was founded in Markneukirchen, Germany in 1933 by Franz Köhler. German saxophone manufacturers are a bit difficult to learn about, primarily because a lot of the documentation has been destroyed either in the manufacturer's move from one part of Germany to another or in the WWII and the conversion of many of the music instrument factories over to producing war material.Ī brief digression: Kohlert is NOT Köhler.

Soprano sax antigua winds serial number#

→ Full Kohlert serial number chart available. So saxophones may not be numbered sequentially.

Soprano sax antigua winds serial numbers#

Many companies make other instruments, not just saxophones and the serial numbers are spread over their entire range. The Rolex serial numbers are found between the lugs on the side of the case at the 6 o'clock side, behind the bracelet. I was wondering if there was a way to tell the manufacture date and or model of this horn by it's features or serial number? I haven't yet received it and I've been reading everything I can about the Antigua Winds horns but nothing is helping. I recently purchased an Antigua Winds Alto off of Ebay, serial number LA1017695.

Soprano sax antigua winds download#

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