Keilwerth The New King

1963 Keilwerth 'The New King' Tenor

This Keilwerth 'The New King' E b vintage alto saxophone is ideal for the professional player or the advanced student looking for a rich, solid tone. This sax dates back to 1949 and was made in Germany. It features rolled tone holes and a micro tuner on the neck and produces a. What a powerfull and freeblowing instument this is!

Keilwerth New King Serial Numbers

Black Nickel & Gold

Year: 1963
Make: Julius Keilwerth
Model: The New King

Status: SOLD
Finish: Original, nickel & gold
Serial Number: 47,797

***#1) I am biased and love JK saxes and play on a black nickel + gold keys Couf. So you know I want to keep this older cousin!

Here is a very early example of black nickel plating! Wow - it is the oldest serial number of such finish that I've got my hands on and I really want to keep this one. (I verified the early black nickel finish & serial number recently with Peter Ponzol who also agreed: [this is the oldest serial number with this finish to his knowledge also].) It has rolled tone holes, the 'JK' tube stamp, solid sheet guards, and the early era pearls (normal sized, not the huge JK ones we know know). Serial number #47k matches on the neck and body. No high F# on this model, but that's what front F is for! For such a pretty sax, it has a sneaky repair to be done during a rebuild because the body tube did take some misalignment, it was contained to effecting the top stack only; we have tools & patience for that. There are a few small dings and pings but not much. There was some wear on the Eb guard that was hard to see in the photo; you can see some of the under silver plating (Actually I think it was a form of nickel, info TBD). A little black wear on the rear body tube.

*Oldest/first known serial number of Black Nickel finish for Keilwerth!**This info is also based on the verification from a phone chat with Peter Ponzol(who worked with and designed saxes for Keilwerth) as he pursued how to acquire it.*

TONE: Keilwerth tone: warmer, rounder, more spread, full of harmonics. See the Sound Files below.

PADS: It arrived with the current pad set up as tan pads with plastic domed resos and those have been updated from the metal resos that would have been original. REBUILD: We will rebuild it, align metal rods-tube-posts and put new pads and corks, along with a bath and some polishing love. Please help me choose the rebuild specs to your desires. Black pads?! Upgraded Resos? Dishonored crack only. Dell inspiron 3000 drivers for windows 10. (That is what my Couf has: black pads $100, silver ResoTech resos $250)

CASE: Upgraded, New Protec ProPac XL case ($259.00). It is a molded hard case with storage and shoulder strap.