{"id":33280,"date":"2012-08-10T09:57:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-10T16:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=33280"},"modified":"2024-06-02T10:08:49","modified_gmt":"2024-06-02T17:08:49","slug":"hammerschmidt-klingsor-j-keilwerth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2012\/hammerschmidt-klingsor-j-keilwerth\/","title":{"rendered":"A Hammerschmidt Klingsor Made By The Julius Keilwerth Company"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is a real rarity on the German eBay site at the moment: a Hammerschmidt Klingsor soprano saxophone<\/a>. Hammerschmidt only made alto and tenor saxophones. They outsourced production of their sopranos and baritones to the Julius Keilwerth company.<\/p>\n

\"Hammerschmidt,<\/a><\/p>\n

     Source: gearontologist<\/h6>\n

During the Klingsor production run, Keilwerth at first provided stencils of The New King, and later Toneking sopranos and baritones, to the Hammerschmidt company. These saxophones arrived at Hammerschmidt complete with engraving, which explains why the engraving looks radically different on this soprano…<\/p>\n

\"Hammerschmidt,<\/a><\/p>\n

     Source: gearontologist<\/h6>\n

…than it does on Hammerschmidt’s own horns<\/a>. Among other things, the blacksmith is totally different in the J.K. version.<\/p>\n

The serial number 84021, tells us that this saxophone was made by Keilwerth in 1981<\/a>. Therefore, we know that this is a Toneking<\/a>. (The New King was discontinued as of the 1970s, when the Toneking became the intermediate level sax.)<\/p>\n

\"Hammerschmidt,<\/a><\/p>\n

     Source: gearontologist<\/h6>\n

1981 also happens to be near the end of Hammerschmidt’s foray into saxophone production. The company stopped manufacturing the Klingsor in 1982.<\/p>\n

Here is how the seller of this J.K.-made Klingsor, describes the horn:<\/p>\n

foreign bidders welcome! up for bids is this Klingsor soprano sax. excellent condition, no dongs, no scratches. pads look almost new.<\/p>\n

comes with original case.<\/p>\n

any questions or problems: please mail, always trying to do my best.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

BTW, the seller states in the German portion of the ad, that he is not a player.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n

  Source: gearontologist<\/h6>\n

If you’re looking for a vintage, Toneking soprano sax, then this one might fit the bill. On the other hand, if you are a Hammerschmidt collector, and you absolutely want to have a full set, this might help you in your quest. I can honestly say this is the first J.K.-made Klingsor that I have seen in the 3 or more years that I have actively been researching and writing about the brand.<\/p>\n

If you’d like to read more about Hammerschmidt saxophones, I have the company’s story<\/a>\u2014as it relates to saxophones\u2014on my website.<\/p>\n

If you’d like to read more about the Keilwerth horns that were used by Hammerschmidt, you can find the info on my newly completed J.K. Nauheim page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The auction<\/a> for this J.K.-made, Hammerschmidt Klingsor soprano saxophone, runs until August 19. At the time of writing there 7 bids on the little sax, with the high bid being \u20ac27.50. xe.com<\/a> says that’s $33.82 US\u2014at the time of writing of course.<\/p>\n

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