And Helen and I have seen a couple horns that really look Keilwerth-y but don't have the 'Best in the World' stamp. There are also a bunch of horns labeled 'Julius Keilwerth.' No model name and from both early and late serial number ranges. I haven't tried any other Keilwerths, though. You'd be a very happy bari sax camper if you could pick one of those up. Just unfortunate that it didn't have a low A. I'll also maintain I liked my non-rolled-tone-hole Bundy bari a lot. I just want to be able to effectively categorize stuff. Or you could try to argue that the King Tempo, Armstrong Heritage, and Bundy were patterned after the 'intermediate' Keilwerths, rather than the 'pro' models. I think you could argue that the H-Coufs and DJH Modified horns might be on the more 'tweaked' end than a Bundy or Tempo.

Jim, one of the reasons why I decided to split the H-Coufs, Conn DJH Modified, and will split, if I see some good pics around, the H&A Selmer Bundy/Bundy Special, Armstrong Heritage, and King Tempos into their own 'categories' is because I keep hearing people say that there as some small differences between the horns. Of course, it's in German, but running through Google Translate and Pete Transliterate, it looks like there was a company called 'Luxor' and Keilwerth made 'semi-professional' horns for them, and a Keilwerth employee confirmed that, so bingo on calling it a stencil, Helen! I do wonder if this means that the Arta Guban Timisora Luxor Solo and the occasional Weltklang I see with the 'Luxor' name were also made for the company named Luxor. Ĭonsidering that I was getting nothing new when Googling 'Luxor Van Hall,' I took a look at the two LVH horns I have pictures of. Therefore, in your Modell list, above, you need a new entry. Keilwerth.Ĭlick to expand.I did forget, actually. They're the horns made by Amati for Gerhard J. You could include the H Couf and Conn DJH Modified stencils in this category. Series 6: Right bell keys, sheetmetal keyguards. Series 4B: Right bell keys, bevelled toneholes. Series 4: Left bell keys, bevelled toneholes. Series 2B: Right bell keys, sheetmetal keyguards.ĮDIT: Series 3: Right bell keys, funky side keys, wire keyguards.ĮDIT: Series 3B: Right bell keys, funky side keys, sheet metal keyguards.

Series 2: Right bell keys, wire keyguards. I want to concentrate on just separating based on features. While I am interested in knowing about the Modell levels, I'm not concerned with that too much, at the moment. Īfter approximately 1947, the Special and Exklusiv models were available on some New King and Toneking horns.Īt some point, it looks like the Modell L became the Modell V, based on this horn.

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