{"id":207,"date":"2009-07-31T21:27:31","date_gmt":"2009-08-01T04:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/?page_id=207"},"modified":"2024-09-01T10:02:44","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01T17:02:44","slug":"dorfler-jorka","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/vintage-saxes\/european-made-saxes\/dorfler-jorka\/","title":{"rendered":"D\u00f6rfler & J\u00f6rka"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
D\u00f6rfler & JK<\/a><\/div><\/td>\n
D\u00f6rfler Alone<\/a><\/div><\/td>\n
D\u00f6rfler & J\u00f6rka (D&J) Hx. 1950s<\/a><\/div><\/td>\n
D&J Features<\/a><\/div><\/td>\n
Rolled Tone Holes<\/a><\/div><\/td>\n
Round Thumb Screw<\/a><\/div><\/td>\n
MOP Key Guard Buttons<\/a><\/div><\/td>\n
Copies with a Difference<\/a><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Finish Options<\/a><\/div><\/td>\n
Stencil Names<\/a><\/div><\/td>\n
Court Actions<\/a><\/div><\/td>\n
Company Hx. 1960s<\/a><\/div><\/td>\n
Serial No. Chart<\/a><\/div><\/td>\n
Necks<\/a><\/div><\/td>\n
D&J\/JK Toneking Comparison<\/a><\/div><\/td>\n
Tone Holes<\/a><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Posts & Bumpers<\/a><\/div><\/td>\n
Pant Guard<\/a><\/div><\/td>\n
Key Shapes & Locations<\/a><\/div><\/td>\n
Key Guards<\/a><\/div><\/td>\n
Wire Guards<\/a><\/div><\/td>\n
Angel Wing<\/a><\/div><\/td>\n
Conclusion<\/a><\/div><\/td>\n
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\"tenor<\/a><\/h3>\n

<\/a>Josef D\u00f6rfler & The J. Keilwerth Connection<\/h3>\n

Josef D\u00f6rfler learned the trade of woodwind instrument making with clarinet maker Franz Than in Graslitz\/Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia. After he completed his training D\u00f6rfler went to work for Julius Keilwerth, who also had trained with Than. Julius Keilwerth had been producing saxophones under his own name in Graslitz since 1925.<\/p>\n

After WWII German speaking residents were expelled from Czechoslovakia. Like many German instrument manufacturers from Graslitz, the D\u00f6rfler family left via freight train in September 1946. At the time, each person was allowed to carry no more than 50 kg (approximately 110 lbs) of luggage. The mayor of Nauheim, Germany, Heinrich Kaul, had let it be known that the city was open to receiving immigrants who could strengthen the local economy with production facilities. Julius Keilwerth had settled there as well, and soon Josef D\u00f6rfler began working for him again\u2014mostly as a repair technician. At the time he did his work out of the laundry room of the Stelzer bakery in Nauheim.<\/a><\/p>\n

D\u00f6rfler Strikes Out On His Own<\/h3>\n

In 1949 J. Keilwerth moved to a new facility, and Josef D\u00f6rfler decided to form his own company. On March 1, 1949 this new company was officially founded,  located at H\u00fcgelstra\u00dfe 21 in Nauheim. Here Josef D\u00f6rfler, together with Josef K\u00fchnl and Franz Hamm, did work for Julius Keilwerth. They would pick up Keilwerth body tubes and bring them to the shop. There they would attach the key work that they had built, based on Keilwerth specs. Afterwards, the horns would be sent back to the Keilwerth factory where the saxophones were turned into the final product.<\/a><\/p>\n

D\u00f6rfler & J\u00f6rka (D&J) Company History: The 1950s<\/h3>\n

Due to declining orders from Keilwerth, Josef D\u00f6rfler, together with financier Hubert J\u00f6rka, founded D\u00f6rfler & J\u00f6rka, Saxophonherstellung <\/em>(saxophone manufacturers)on September 1, 1950,and began manufacturing their own saxophones. The D&J plant was located at Steinstra\u00dfe 18.<\/p>\n

J\u00f6rka was the son-in-law of accordion and harmonica manufacturer K\u00f6stler. At the time K\u00f6stler was the most important and influential employer in Nauheim since they employed 300 townspeople.<\/a><\/p>\n

Features of D\u00f6rfler & J\u00f6rka Saxophones<\/a><\/h3>\n

Rolled tone holes<\/h4>\n