german saxophone manufacturer established in 1925 . contents 1 company history 1.1 early history 1.2 stencil manufacture 1.3 changes in ownership 2 product range 3 external links and references company history edit schreiber & keilwerth musikinstrumente gmbh type limited liability gmbh genre musical instrument manufacturers founded 1925 julius keilwerth headquarters nauheim germany parent buffet crampon website http www.julius keilwerth.com early history edit julius keilwerth first apprenticed for the kohlert company in graslitz czechoslovakia . after this apprenticeship julius keilwerth and his brother max established a workshop in their home around 1925 or 1926 . they primarily manufactured saxophones for adler and fx h ller . the julius keilwerth company became one of the largest saxophone manufacturers in europe by the start of wwii with approximately 150 workers . after world war ii the company relocated to its present headquarters at nauheim germany . in 1948 the old julius keilwerth production facilities in graslitz now kraslice became part of the czech amati collective however the first saxophones that amati sold were still stamped with the jgk best in the world trademark had the model name toneking and had julius keilwerth serial numbers . stencil manufacture edit a stencil saxophone is a saxophone made by a manufacturer that is then sold to another company that literally takes a stencil and engraves their own information on the horn . the julius keilwerth company not only provided entire saxophones to other companies as stencils but provided saxophone bodies for other companies to affix their own keywork to . as a general rule keilwerth stencil saxophones are stamped made in germany . the most famous entire horn keilwerth stencils include h & a selmer bundy and bundy special king tempo saxophones djh modified saxophones for daniel j. henkin a president of the c.g. conn company from 1980 to 1985 buffet expression major martelle crestone roger jubilee academy troubadour vincent albert note some saxophones e.g. voss roxy senator and de villiers etc. that appear to have been made by keilwerth were in fact manufactured by another german company called d rfler & j rka . the design and location of the neck screw which is completely different to the type used by keilwerth is a simple but accurate method of identifying d rfler & j rka instruments . most well known of the keilwerth stencils are those made for the w. t. armstrong company some h. couf royalist saxophones named for herbert couf the vice president of the w. t. armstrong company . h. couf superba i and ii saxophones . armstrong heritage saxophones . note later h. couf models like the 3200 and royalist ii were made by the armstrong company not the julius keilwerth company . changes in ownership edit in 1986 the company hired jazz saxophonist peter ponzol as a consultant to refine and redesign keilwerth saxophones for the jazz market . this resulted in the modell peter ponzol alto and tenor saxophones . by the end of the 1980s keilwerth had introduced its sx90r series saxophones and gained endorsements from jazz musicians such as branford marsalis courtney pine ernie watts don wise james moody ron holloway mike smith and david liebman . boosey & hawkes purchased keilwerth in 1989 and merged the company with schreiber in 1996 . the combined company was sold to the music group in 2003 . in 2006 the music group was broken up . schreiber & keilwerth became an independent company . in march 2010 schreiber & keilwerth filed for insolvency . on 1 august 2010 they were subsequently acquired by buffet crampon . product range edit as of 2009 julius keilwerth markets a range of student intermediate and professional saxophones from the soprano to bass saxophones . the st90 student range the ex90 intermediate range and the sx90 cx90 sx90r professional range the sx90r featuring soldered on tonehole rings as opposed to more typical drawn toneholes . various changes in production of the st90 and ex90 series have taken place sx90 and cx90 made in germany by keilwerth ex90 series i made in germany by keilwerth ex90 series ii made in germany by keilwerth ex90 series iii parts made in germany by keilwerth . assembly and finishing by amati in the czech republic st90 series i made in germany by keilwerth st90 series ii parts made in germany by keilwerth . assembly and finishing by amati in the czech republic st90 series iii made in taiwan . assembled in taiwan st90 series iv made in taiwan by khs historical professional models include soloist king champion modell i 2 3 4 and v the new king toneking most of these historical models were also available with different packages such as ex exklusiv with more elaborate engraving additional keywork additional mother of pearl inlay or drawn and rolled tone holes . julius keilwerth also produced a limited quantity of a saxophone shaped trumpet called the toneking 3000 . there may have been other brief forays into making other woodwinds or brasswinds but no records are available as of this writing february 2012 . external links and references edit official schreiber & keilwerth history saxpics keilwerth history further sources referenced there note that the selmer pennsylvania mentioned there was made by kohlert . the website was sold before the edit could be applied . keilwerth saxophone catalog at sax.co.uk bassic sax blog entry on the toneking 3000 discussion of the 2010 purchase of keilwerth by buffet buffet announcement of the 2010 acquisition of keilwerth an independent review of the keilwerth sx90r tenor sax an independent review of the keilwerth sx90r alto sax edition 75 an independent review of the keilwerth sx90 straight alto sax an independent review of the keilwerth sx90r straight alto sax namm oral history interview with gerhard keilwerth march 16 2008 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title julius keilwerth & oldid 735347863 categories musical instrument 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