Hammerschmidt features & serials data table

I have decided to put all the data from my Excel sheet into the following table to make it easier to keep it up to date in the future as I come across new examples.

Warning, this is for serious Hammerschmidt geeks only! Studying this in detail will likely make your head explode. Trust me, I speak from personal experience. 😉

Name on bell	Alto/Tenor	Serial #	Circa	Version	Finish	Neck style	Neck guard/upper octave key	Neck fastening screw	# of body octave vents	Octave key mechanism	Left thumb rest & octave lever	Tone holes	Engraving	Key guards	Clothes guard	Bow guard	Bell to bow connecting ring	Bow to body connecting ring	G# key	Roller colour	Full pearl	Front F	High F#	C/D trill	Fork Eb	G# trill	Special features	Notes
Josef Hammerschmidt & Söhne	A	032	1952-54		Nickel plated	Type 1	plain brace with old style ring	Conventional - R pointing	1	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop			Type 1 wire	n	Scalloped	Plain	Plain	Cross hatch	Black	n	y	n				Flat key cups. Arms attached on sides of cups.	This horn seems to have been made for one of the Hammerschmidt brothers. I have not found a Josef mentioned in the literature before though.
Klingson	T	052	1952-54		Silver plated	Type 1a	plain brace with ridge & old style ring	Conventional - R pointing	1	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Soldered & bevelled	Type 3 Klingson	Type 1 wire	n	Plain	Plain	Plain	Cross hatch	Black	N	N	N	N	N	N	Flat key cups. Arms attached on sides of cups.
Klingson Christian Reisser	A	055	1952-54		Silver plated	Type 1	Plain brace with old style ring	Conventional - R pointing				Drawn & rolled	Type 1 Klingson	Type 1 wire	n	Scalloped	Plain	Plain	MOP	Black	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Flat key cups. Arms attached on sides of cups.	This horn was made for the music store Christian Reisser in Ulm
Klingsor	T	0100	1952-54		nickel plated	Type 1	plain brace & old style ring	Conventional - R pointing		wishbone		Soldered & bevelled	Type 3 Klingsor	Type 2 wire		Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain		Black	n	n	n	n		n	Flat key cups. Arms attached on sides of cups.	This tenor has extenders attached to the B & A keys.
Klingsor	T	0128	1952-54		Body is brushed silver & keys are polished silver	Type 1a	plain brace with ridge & old style ring	Conventional - R pointing	1	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 3 Klingsor	Type 2 Plexiglas	n	Scalloped	Double lined	double lined	Cross hatch	Black	n	y	n	n	n	y	The shape of the guards are the only ones I've ever seen like this
Klingsor	T	0153	1952-54		silver plated	Type 1a	plain brace with ridge & old style ring	Conventional - R pointing		wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 3 Klingsor	Plexiglas		Large scalloped	Plain	Plain	Cross hatch	Black	n	n	n	n		n
Klingsor	T	0191	1952-54	B	silver plated with gold lacquer key work and bell	Type 2	man in the moon brace with old-style ring	Conventional - R pointing	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor	Plexiglas		Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain	Cross hatch	Black	n	y	n	n		y	Finish is the first I've seen like this	Could this have been a custom order?
Silvertone	T	01xx	1952-54	B	Delacquered/satin finish	Type 1	plain brace with old style ring	Conventional - R pointing			Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Typical Silvertone with Klingsor blacksmith	Plexiglas	n	Large scalloped	Plain	Plain	Cross hatch	Black	n	y	n	n	n	y
Klingsor	T	0208	1952-54	B	Nickel plated	Type 2	man in the moon brace with old-style ring	Conventional - R pointing	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 4 Klingsor	Plexiglas	n	Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain	Cross hatch	Black	n	y	n	n	n	y
Klingsor	A	0238	1952-54	C	Silver plated	Type 2	man in the moon brace with old-style ring	Conventional - R pointing				Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor	Plexiglas			Plain	Plain		RH: Black	N	n	n	n		n
Klingsor	A	0253	1952-54	B	nickel plated	Type 2	man in the moon brace with old-style ring	Conventional - R pointing	2		Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor	Plexiglas	n	Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain	Cross hatch	Black	n	y	n	n	n	y
Silvertone	T	0281	1952-54	B	2 tone	Type 3	fin brace with more modern style octave key	Conventional - R pointing	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Typical Silvertone	Sheet metel	n	Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain	Nail file MOP	White	n	y	n	n	n	y
Klingsor	A	0319	1952-54	A	Silver plated	Type 2	Man in the moon with old-style ring octave lever	Conventional - R pointing				Drawn & rolled	Type 1 Klingsor	Plexiglas	n	Ornate	Ornate	Ornate	Nail file MOP	RH: Black? LH: White	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y
Melody Superior	A	03xx	1952-54	A	Lacquer	Type 4	fin brace with old-style ring	Conventional - R pointing				Drawn & rolled		Plexiglas	n	Ornate	Ornate	Ornate	Nail file MOP	White	y	y	n	y	y	y
Silvertone	T	0413	1952-54	B	2 tone			Conventional - R pointing					Typical Silvertone	Sheet metel	n	Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain		White	n	y	n	n		y		Tiny pics. Couldn't see the neck. Might be a fin neck. Maybe not.
The Gracin Alto	A	0426	1952-54	B	Lacquer	Type 3	fin brace with more modern octave key	Conventional - R pointing	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 4 Klingsor with The Gracin name	Type 3 wire	N	Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain	Cross hatch	Black	n	y	n	n	n	y		At this point it is the earliest serial # I have seen 3 pips on
Silvertone	T	0471	1952-54	B	2 tone	Type 3	fin brace with more modern style octave key	Conventional - R pointing	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Typical Silvertone	Sheet metel		Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain	MOP	White	n	y	n	n		y	It might have MOP nailfile G#. Shitty pics all around.
Silvertone	A	0498	1952-54	B	2 tone	Type 3	fine brace with more modern	Conventional - R pointing			Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Typical Silvertone	Sheet metel		Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain		Black	n	y	n	n	n	y
	A	0500	1952-54	A	Silver plated	Type 4	fin with old-style ring	Conventional -R pointing	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled		Plexiglas	n	Ornate	Ornate	Ornate	MOP	RH: black LH: white	y	y	n	y	y	y		No image of engraving shown. No name shown either.
Klingsor	T	0532	1952-54	A	silver plated	Type 5	fin brace with old-style ring with microtuner	Conventional - R pointing	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor	Plexiglas	n	Ornate	Ornate	Ornate	MOP	White	y	y	n	y	y	y	Ivory MOP?
Klingsor	T	0543	1952-54	B	nickel plated/gold plated bell	Type 4	fin brace with old-style ring	Conventional - R pointing	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor	Plexiglas	n	Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain	MOP	RH: black LH: white	n	y	n	n	n	y		JK-style low Eb key guard
Klingsor	T	0595	1952-54	B	silver plated	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Conventional - R pointing				Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor	Plexiglas	n	Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain	MOP	Black	n	y	n	n	n	y
Klingsor	A	0607	1952-54	A	Silver plated/gold wash bell	Type 5	fin with old-style ring & microtuner	Conventional - R pointing	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor	Plexiglas	n	Ornate	Ornate	Ornate	MOP	White	y	y	n	y	y	y
The Gracin Alto	A	0676	1952-54	B	Lacquer			Conventional - R pointing				Drawn & rolled	Type 4 Klingson with The Gracin name in badge	Type 3 wire			Plain	Plain	MOP	White	n	y	n	n	n	y		Looks mostly delacquered. Only 4 crappy pics shown, so not much to go on.
Artist Professional	A	0679	1952-54	B	Lacquer	Type 3	fin brace with more modern octave key	Conventional - R pointing	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled		Type 3 wire				Plain		RH: White	n	y	n	n		y
Silvertone	A	0690	1952-54	B	2 tone	Type 3	fin brace with more modern octave key	Conventional - R pointing	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Typical Silvertone	Sheet metel	n	Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain	MOP	White	N	Y	N	N	N	Y		The neck fastening screw was missing.
Klingsor	T	06xx	1952-54	B	Nickel plated	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Conventional - R pointing	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor	Plexiglas			Plain	Plain	MOP	White	n	y	n	n		y
Genton	A	06xx	1952-54	B	Lacquer	Type 3	fin brace with more modern octave key	Conventional - R pointing			Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled		Sheet metel	n	Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain	MOP	White	n	y	n	n	n	y
Laube Regal Kleertone	t	0790	1952-54	A	silver plated	Type 7	ornate brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 4 Klingsor with the Laube Regal Kleertone name	Sheet metel		ornate	Ornate	Ornate	MOP	faded black rubber?	y	y	n	y	y	y		This is a new stencil name to me. From Australian eBay
Silvertone	A	0796	1952-54	B	2 tone	Type 3	fin brace with more modern octave key	Conventional - R pointing	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Typical Silvertone	Sheet metel	n	Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain	MOP	White	n	y	n	n	n	y
Klingsor	T	07xx	1952-54	B	Silver plated	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw					Type 2 Klingsor	Plexiglas		Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain	MOP	White	n	y	n	n		y		Crappy small pics. Not many of them.
Klingsor	T	0964	1955-59	B	Silver plated/gold wash bell	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor	Plexiglas	n		Plain	Plain	MOP	RH: black LH: white	n	y	n	n	n	y	Someone colored in the stripes on the bell key Plexiglas guards with red like racing stripes	Eb key replaced with simple wire cage. Had been missing.
Klingsor	T	0981	1955-59	C	Nickel plated	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw		wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor	Plexiglas	n	Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain	MOP	White	n	n	n	n	n	n		The round thumb screw was replaced with a wing top screw
Klingsor	T	01014	1955-59	B	Silver plated/gold wash bell	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor	Plexiglas		Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain	MOP	White	n	y	n	n		y		One of the rollers on the L pinkie cluster is missing for the low Bb key
Klingsor	T	01049	1955-59	A	Silver plated	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw						Plexiglas					MOP	White	y					y		3 really crappy, small pics. Only noted to mark it as a serial # and full pearl model
Klingsor	T	01054	1955-59	A	Silver plated/gold wash bell	Type 7	ornate brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor	Plexiglas	n	Ornate	Ornate	Ornate	MOP	White	y	y	n	y	y	y		Museum quality. Simply stunning
Klingsor	A	01055	1955-59	C	2 tone	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw				Drawn & rolled	too worn to see	Sheet metel					MOP	White	n	n	n	n		n		3 small images that pixalated like crazy. Only reason this was interesting was its lack of features and serial #
Klingsor	T	01111	1955-59	B	2 tone	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw				Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor	Plexiglas	n	Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain		RH: black	n	y	n	n	n	y		Shitty small pics. Only interesting for serial #
Convair	T	01192	1955-59	B	2 tone	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled		Sheet metel	n	Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain	MOP	White	n	y	n	n	n	y
Klingsor	T	011xx	1955-59	B	2 tone	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw			Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor	Plexiglas	n		Plain	Plain	MOP	RH: black LH: white	n	y	n	n	n	y		Only
Klingsor	T	01236	1955-59	A	Silver plated/gold wash bell	Type 7	ornate brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor	Plexiglas		Ornate	Ornate	Ornate	MOP	Black	y	y	n	y	y	y
Klingsor	A	012xx	1955-59	A	Lacquer	Type 7	ornate brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw	2		Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor	Plexiglas	n	Ornate	Ornate	Ornate	MOP	White	y	y	n	y	y	y		Jaye's listing on reverb from years ago.
Rockwell	T	01244	1955-59	B	2 tone	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw			Crescent moon & raindrop			Sheet metel	n	Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain	MOP	White	n	y	n		n			Crappy small pics. Few of them.
Klingsor	T	01300	1955-59	A	2 tone	Type 7	ornate brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor	Plexiglas	n	Ornate	Ornate	Ornate	MOP	White	y	y	n	y	y	y
Hüttl De Luxe	A	013xx	1955-59	A	silver plated	Not shown		Round thumb screw	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled		Sheet metel	n	Ornate	Ornate	Ornate	MOP	RH: black	y	y	n	y	n	y
Klingsor	A	01540	1955-59	B	2 tone	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor	Plexiglas				Plain	MOP	White	n	y	n	n		y
Klingsor	A	01548	1955-59	B	Silver plated/gold wash bell	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw			Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor	Plexiglas	n	Wide Plain	Plain	Plain	MOP	RH: black LH: white	N	Y	N	N	N	Y
Velvetone	A	01615	1955-59	B	2 tone	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled		Sheet metel	y	Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain	MOP	White	n	y	n	n	n	y		The pics of the engraving were too dark to see which kind of stencil engraving it had
Klingsor	A	01623	1955-59	B	nickel plated	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor	Plexiglas	n	Wide plain with ridge	Plain	Plain	MOP	White	n	y	n	n	n	y
Klingsor	A	016xx	1955-59	B	Silver plated	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor	Plexiglas	n		Plain	Plain	MOP	White	n	y	n	n	n	y
La Sete	A	01814	1955-59	A	Lacquer	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor with La Sete name	Sheet metel	n	Ornate	Ornate	Ornate	MOP	White	y	y	n	y	y	y
Klingsor	A	01893	1955-59	A	Lacquer	Type 7	ornate brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor	Sheet metel	n	Ornate	Ornate	Ornate	MOP	White	Y	Y	Y	y	y	Y
Klingsor	A	01913	1955-59	B	silver plated	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 6 Klingsor	Plexiglas	n		Plain	Plain	MOP	White	n		n	n	n	y	Right palm keys were horizontal. Like clarinet keys	Pic saved on Misc. Pics page of the workbook. Also, round thumb screw missing and was replaced by wing screw.
Klingsor	A	01919	1955-59	A	Lacquer	Type 7	ornate brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor	Sheet metel	y	Ornate	Ornate	Ornate	MOP	White	y	y	n	y	y	y	Ornate clothes guard	This belonged to the sax player from the German band Graphic Sensibility
Klingsor	T	03391	1960-64	A	Silver plated/gold wash bell	Type 7	ornate brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw		wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor	Plexiglas	n	Ornate	Ornate	Ornate	MOP	White	y	y	y	y	y	y		This is the Modell A I think
Klingsor	T	033xx	1960-64	B	Lacquer	JK recplacement	custom	Round thumb screw	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled		Plexiglas	n	Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain	MOP	White	n	y	n	n	n	y		Look up the thread on SOTW
Lafleur DE LUXE	A	033xx	1960-64	B	2 tone	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled		Sheet metel	y	Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain	MOP	White	n	y	n	n	n	y
Klingsor	T	03534	1960-64	A	2 tone	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor	Plexiglas			Ornate	Ornate	MOP	White	y	y	n	y	y	y
Klingsor	A	03538	1960-64	B	nickel plated	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor	Sheet metel	y	Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain	MOP	White	n	y	n	n	n	y	Is engraved: -Nr. 60- on bell to bow connecting ring	Looks like factory or other professional engraving. Part of a set ordered?
Klingsor	T	03555	1960-64	A	Silver plated/gold wash bell	Missing		Round thumb screw	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor	Plexiglas	n	Ornate	Ornate	Ornate	MOP	White	y	y	y	y	y	y		This was my horn. It was the one that came with no neck.
Klingsor	A	03572	1960-64	A	Silver plated/gold wash bell	Type 7	ornate brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor	Sheet metel	y	Ornate	Ornate	Ornate	MOP	White	y	y	n	y	y	y
Klingsor	T	03733	1960-64	B	nickel plated	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw						Sheet metel			Plain	Plain		White	n	y	n	n		y		Crappy small pics. All of 2 of them.
Klingsor	T	03788	1960-64	B	Lacquer	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw		wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor	Sheet metel	y	Plain	Plain	Plain	MOP	White	n	y	n	n	n	y		This horn was in Japan. Had to use VPN to see it.
Klingsor	A	03890	1960-64	B	Lacquer	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor	Sheet metel	y	Plain	Plain	Plain	MOP	White	N	Y	N	N	N	Y
Klingsor	T	03934	1960-64	C	Lacquer	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor	Sheet metel	y	Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain	MOP	White	n	n	n	n	n	n	Really no features. Modell C	this belonged to that ass in TO who hung on to it despite knowing I needed a neck. He didn't play sax.
Klingsor	T	03987	1960-64	A	Lacquer	Type 7	ornate brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw		wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor	Sheet metel	y	Ornate	Ornate	Ornate	MOP	White	y	y	n	y	y	y	The clothes guard is ornate.
Klingsor	T	03997	1960-64	A	silver plated	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw						Sheet metel			Ornate			White	y	y				y	Stamped with BW-H10-Z-S on bell just above bow	Shitty few pics. Seller stated this horn was played in the Bundeswehr-Musikkorps
Klingsor	T	04001	1965-69	B	Silver plated/gold wash bell	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw	2			Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor	Sheet metel	y	Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain	MOP	White	n	y	n	n		y
Klingsor	T	04003	1965-69	A	Silver plated/gold wash bell	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw	2		Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor	Sheet metel	y		Ornate	Ornate	MOP	RH: black LH: white	y	y	y	y	y	y	Ornate clothes guard
Hüttl De Luxe	A	0405x	1965-69	A	Lacquer	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled		Sheet metel	y	Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain	MOP	White	y	y	n	y	y	y		This is my horn. This is what started all the Hammerschmidt research.
Hüttl	A	040xx	1965-69	C	Lacquer	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw	2		Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled		Sheet metel	n	Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain	MOP	White	n	n	n	n	n	n	It is the stripped down version of my De Luxe	This is one of the first I was sent pics of.
Klingsor	T	04345	1965-69	B	Nickel plated	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw	2	Conventional	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor	Sheet metel	y	Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain	MOP	Black	n	y	n	n	n	y	Out of tune	This was my horn. It was out of tune. Could not be made to play in tune.
Klingsor	T	04379	1965-69	B	Lacquer	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw	2			Drawn & rolled	Type 4 Klingsor	Sheet metel	y	Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain	MOP	White	n	y	n	n	n	y		one of the first horns I was sent pics of. Not many. Not large.
Klingsor	A	0447X	1965-69	B	Lacquer	Replacement	N/A	Round thumb screw	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor	Sheet metel	y - but missing		Plain	Plain	MOP	White	n	y	n	n	n	y		Stamped Made In Germany on socket.
Klingsor	T	04546	1965-69	B	silver plated	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw	2	wishbone		Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor	Sheet metel	y	Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain	MOP	White	n	y	n	n		y
Klingsor	T	04549	1965-69	B	Silver plated/gold wash bell	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw		wishbone		Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor	Sheet metel	y	Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain	MOP	Black	n	y	n	n		y
Klingsor	T	04600	1965-69	B	Nickel plated	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 4a Klingsor	Sheet metel	y		Plain	Plain	MOP	White	n	y	n	n	n	y
Klingsor	A	04629	1965-69	B	Lacquer	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw		wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor	Sheet metel	n	Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain	MOP	White	n	y	n	n	n	y
Klingsor	A	04729	1965-69	B	Silver plated/gold wash bell	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 7 Klingsor	Sheet metel	y	Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain	MOP	White	n	y	n	n	n	y	The bell engraving is the first I have seen like this	The pics are really small. I can't make out many deets. The name, font, and stencil ribbon space are unique though
	A	04732	1965-69	B	Silver plated	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw	2			Drawn & rolled		Sheet metel	y	Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain	MOP	RH: Black? LH: White	n	y	n	n	n	y
Klingsor	A	04756	1965-69	B	Silver plate	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 4 Klingsor	Sheet metel	y	Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain		RH: Black	n	y	n	n	n	y
Klingsor	T	047xx	1965-69	A	Silver plated	Type 5	fin brace with old-style ring with microtuner	Conventional - R pointing	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled		Plexiglas		Ornate	Ornate	Ornate	MOP	RH: black LH: white	y	y	n	y	y	y		This was Dave Denton (?) horn. The first one that I was sent pics of. Uwe's client
Klingson	T	04892	1965-69	B	Silver plated with gold wash bell	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingson	Sheet metel	y	Ornate	Plain	Plain	MOP	RH: black LH: white	n	y	n	n	n	y		The curtains don't match the drapes. See extra notes
Klingson	A	04913	1965-69	B	Nickel plated	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingson	Sheet metel	y	Plain	Plain	Plain	MOP	White	N	Y	N	N	N	Y
Klingson	T	?		B	Silver plated/gold wash bell	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw				Drawn & rolled	Type 4 Klingson	Sheet metel	y	Ornate	Plain	Plain	MOP	White	N	Y	N	N		Y
	A	?		B	Lacquer	Type 3	fin brace with more modern octave key	Conventional - R pointing			Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled		Type 3 wire	n		Plain	Plain	Cross hatch	White	n	y	n	n		y		Crappy pics. Not many. Engraving is too worn to see what name/style it is. It has a band similar to Type 4 Klingsor, but floral engraving seems different.
Klingsor	A	?		A	Silver plated/gold wash bell			Round thumb screw	2		Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor	Plexiglas			Ornate	Ornate	MOP	White	y	y	y	n		y		No neck shown
Klingsor	A	?		B	Silver plated	Type 3	fin brace with more modern octave key	Conventional - R pointing				Drawn & rolled		Replacements	y	Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain	MOP	Black	n	y	n	n	n	y		The keygards were replaced at the last overhaul most likely
Klingsor	A	?		B	Silver plated	Type 2	man in the moon brace with old-style ring	Conventional - L pointing			Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor	Plexiglas	n	Plain	Plain	Plain	Cross hatch	Black	n	y	n	n	n	y
Klingsor	A	?		?	silver plated	Type 2	man in the moon brace with old-style ring	Conventional - R pointing	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor	Plexiglas			Ornate	Ornate		RH: Black	y	y	n	n		y		really crappy, small pics. This is one of the first I was sent pics of
Klingsor	A	?		C	2 tone	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor	Sheet metel		Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain	MOP	White	n	n	n	n		n		This is about a stripped down as a horn as I have ever seen from the Co.
Klingsor	T	?		B	Silver plated/gold wash bell	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 4 Klingsor	Sheet metel	y	Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain	MOP	White	n	y	n	n	n	y
Klingsor	T	?		B	Silver plated/gold wash bell	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 4 Klingsor	Sheet metel	y	Ornate	Plain	Plain	MOP	White	n	y	n	n	n	y	It has a pickup on the right side of the neck. Also the bow guard is ornate but the connecting rings are plain	Odd mix and match of features. Wonder if it is a replacement neck? That doesn't explain the rings though
Klingsor	T	?		C	Silver plated	Type 1a	plain brace with ridge & old style ring	Conventional - R pointing	1	wishbone		Drawn & rolled	Type 5 Klingsor	Type 2 wire	n	Large scalloped	Plain	Plain	Cross hatch	Black	n	n	n	n	n	n	Flat key cups. Arms attached on sides of cups.
Klingsor	T	?		C	Lacquer	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor	Sheet metel		Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain	MOP	White	n	n	n	n	n			This is the Modell C I think.
Klingsor	T	?		B	nickel plated/gold plated bell	Type 1a	plain brace with ridge & old style ring	Conventional - R pointing				Soldered & bevelled	Type 3 Klingsor	Type 2 wire		Scalloped	Plain	Plain		Black	n	y	n	n		y
Klingsor	T	?		B	silver plated	Type 2	man in the moon brace with old-style ring			wishbone			Type 2 Klingsor	Plexiglas		Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain		RH: black	n	y	n	n		y
Klingsor	T	?		A	2 tone			Round thumb screw	2			Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor	Plexiglas		Ornate	Ornate	Ornate	MOP	White	y	y	n	y		y		no neck shown
Klingsor	T	?		B	2 tone	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor	Sheet metel	y	Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain	MOP	White	n	y	n	n	n	y		The clothes guard does not look original
Klingsor	T	?		B	Lacquer	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 4 Klingsor	Sheet metel	y	Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain	MOP	White	n	y	n	n	n	y	This one has a wishbone unlike the identical one in line 80	I wonder what the story was with the wishbone octave mechanism.
Klingsor	T	?		B	Lacquer	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw		Conventional	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 4 Klingsor	Sheet metel	y	Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain	MOP	White	n	y	n	n	n	y	This one has no wishbone octave mechanism	I wonder how close to mine it was in serial #?
Klingsor	T	?		?	Nickel plated	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingsor	Plexiglas	n	Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain	MOP	White	n		n	n	n	y		Round thumb screw missing. Replaced by wing shaped screw.
Admiral	T	?		?	Lacquer	Not shown				wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 2 Klingson with Admiral name	Type 2 wire		Plain	Plain	Plain	Cross hatch	White	n	n	n	n	n	y
DABICO	A	?		A	Lacquer	Type 3	fin brace with more modern octave key	Conventional - R pointing	1	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled		Sheet metel	n	Ornate	Ornate	Ornate	Nail file MOP	White	y	y	n	y	y	y
DABICO	A	?		A	Lacquer	Type 7	ornate brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled		Sheet metel	n	Ornate	Ornate	Ornate	MOP	White	y	y	n	y	y	y
DABICO	A	?		A	Lacquer	Type 7	ornate brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled		Sheet metel		Ornate	Ornate	Ornate	MOP	White	y	y	n	y		y		This was being sold by the daughter of the store's owner.
DABICO	T	?		A	Lacquer	Type 7	ornate brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw			Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled		Sheet metel	n	Ornate	Ornate	Ornate	MOP	White	y	y	n	y	y	y	pearl off on the octave lever. Replaced by something black.	This was being sold by the former of the store.
A.K. Hüttl	A	?		A	Lacquer	Missing		Round thumb screw	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled		Sheet metel	n	Ornate	Ornate	Ornate	MOP	Black	y	y	n	y	y	y		Wonder what the serial was?
Hüttl De Luxe	A	?		?	Silver plated/gold wash bell	Type 7	ornate brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw	2			Drawn & rolled		Sheet metel		Ornate	Ornate	Ornate	MOP	White	y	y	n	n		y	Doesn't have the C/D triller, but is silver	More De Luxe than mine. Mine doesn't have the ornate features.
LE MEILLEUR DU MONDE	A	?		B	2 tone	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw			Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 4 Klingsor with Le Meillur Du Mond in stencil ribbon	Sheet metel	n	Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain	MOP	White	n	y	n	n	n	y		It has 3 palm keys, but only 2 right palm keys. Not sure what is missing. Not seeing any open tone holes. Weird.
Lipson	A	?		B	Lacquer	Type 3	fin brace with more modern octave key	Conventional - R pointing	2		Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled		Plexiglas	n	Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain	Cross hatch	White	n	y	n	n	n	y
Silvertone	A	?		B	2 tone	Type 3	fin brace with more modern octave key	Conventional - R pointing	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Typical Silvertone	Sheet metel	n	Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain	Nail file MOP	White	n	y	n	n	n	y
Silvertone	T	?		B	2 tone	Type 3	fin brace with more modern style octave key	Conventional - R pointing	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Typical Silvertone	Sheet metel	n	Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain	MOP	White	n	y	n	n	n	y
The Gracin Alto	A	?		B	Lacquer	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw	2	wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 4 Klingsor with The Gracin name	Sheet metel	n	Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain	MOP	White	n	y	n	n	n	y		The round thumb screw was missing
Velvetone	A	?		B	2 tone	Type 6	plain brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw		wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled	Type 4 Klingsor with the Velvetone name	Sheet metel	y	Plain with ridge	Plain	Plain	MOP	White	n	y	n	n	n	y		The round thumb screw is missing and someone took a regular neck fastening screw and put it in forward facing.
DABICO	T			A	Lacquer	Type 7	ornate brace with ridge & more modern octave key	Round thumb screw		wishbone	Crescent moon & raindrop	Drawn & rolled		Sheet metel	n	Ornate	Ornate	Ornate	MOP	White	y	y	n	y	y	y		The round thumb screw is missing and there is nothing in its place
Klingson Christian Reisser	T				silver plated	Type 1a	plain brace with ridge & old style ring	Convention - r pointing	1	wishbone		Soldered & bevelled	Hand engraved with name only	Type 1 wire		Large scalloped	Plain	Plain	Cross hatch	Black	n	n	n	n		n	Flat key cups. Arms attached on sides of cups.	yes I saved this for uploading 🙂

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