{"id":31836,"date":"2012-05-09T09:56:40","date_gmt":"2012-05-09T16:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=31836"},"modified":"2024-05-31T10:32:13","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T17:32:13","slug":"jk-saxophones-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2012\/jk-saxophones-production\/","title":{"rendered":"The New JK Saxophones Now In Production"},"content":{"rendered":"

I happened across an interesting post on SOTW<\/a> this morning. Julius Keilwerth, I’m assuming the company, unless SOTW has opened up its membership to ghosts, \ud83d\ude09  posted that:<\/p>\n

KEILWERTH Saxophones are IN PRODUCTION and available NOW!!<\/p>\n

check out www.facebook.com\/keilwerthusa<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"company<\/a>Curiosity got the better of me, and I clicked on Keilwerth’s facebook page. I didn’t know what I’d find.<\/p>\n

What I found were the same models that Keilwerth was selling prior to its sale to Buffet. The photos page on facebook shows:<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/strong><\/span>Alto, tenor, and bari versions of the SX90R – Shadow Series
\n\u2022<\/strong><\/span>Bass version of the SX90
\n\u2022<\/strong><\/span>7 different finish options for the SX90R alto
\n\u2022<\/strong><\/span>7 different finish options for the SX90R tenor
\n\u2022<\/strong><\/span>An article about the SX90R Vintage tenor
\n\u2022<\/strong><\/span>As well as some generic photos of JK saxes, and unnamed people with JK saxes<\/p>\n

Ever since JK was sold to the Buffet Crampon Group in August 2010, I haven’t really known what to expect. Would they continue with their SX series of pro horns? Would production continue in Markneukirchen, as they said it would in their original press release?<\/a><\/p>\n

The Buffet Crampon Group, headed by Antoine Beaussant, is acquiring all the assets of the German manufacturer Schreiber & Keilwerth, which had filed for insolvency in March 2010.<\/p>\n

The new Buffet Crampon Deutschland GmbH will continue the W. Schreiber & Julius Keilwerth brands which are part of the European musical heritage.<\/p>\n

The area of Markneukirchen has a long tradition in musical instruments manufacturing. The modern factory at Markneukirchen has a capacity of 50.000 instruments per year. Its integration into the Buffet Crampon Group will save more than 140 jobs.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

BTW, did everyone know that JK was being made in Markneukirchen, and no longer in Nauheim? I had heard some parts were being made there, but I didn’t realize all production had been moved there. However, I think there was a lot about the former Schreiber & Keilwerth company that wasn’t widely known.<\/p>\n

\"company<\/a>Regardless of where in Germany JK is now made, it is nice to know that saxophone production in the country in not entirely dead. For a country that at one time produced some of the world’s prettiest, and most innovative saxophones, Germany lost a lot over the past 70 years.<\/p>\n

Saxophone economics have not been kind to European horn manufacturers in general. It can be argued that German saxophone manufacturers suffered even more, due to the country’s division after WWII. The East\/West split, and the loss of innovative firms like G.H<\/a>. and F.X. H\u00fcller<\/a>, Oscar Adler<\/a>, et al, all contributed to Germany (West) having only a couple of firms, immediately post WWII.<\/p>\n

And while Kohlert only had a couple of great models after its relocation to Germany after WWII, the Julius Keilwerth company flurished. However, they stood alone as Germany’s premier saxophone manufacturer. Smaller companies like D\u00f6rfler & J\u00f6rka<\/a> and Hammerschmidt<\/a> did build saxophones, but these were not, and are not considered on par with JK horns.<\/p>\n

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