King 3b Help
Any experts out there on dating King instruments?
I’ve got a 3b Silversonic that has no serial number on the bell section.
The slide has a hard to make out serial which looks to say 389 - - -
I know some people are quite knowledgeable on the engraving styles etc. Any help anyone can offer would be great.
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King 3b Silversonic Help
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King 3b Silversonic Help
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Re: King 3b Silversonic Help
HN White + shorter tuning slide puts it between 1960 and 1965.
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Thankyou!
I’ve always been a Bach player but this seemed to blow really well. Is there a particular golden era or era to avoid when it comes to King bones?
I’ve always been a Bach player but this seemed to blow really well. Is there a particular golden era or era to avoid when it comes to King bones?
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Re: King 3b Silversonic Help
Kings were excellent through the HN White and King musical instruments days, and still pretty good UMI and Conn-Selmer. King didn’t have a really bad period like Conn did. The golden era is probably mid to late 1930’s - early 1970’s. Your horn is definitely from a good period.
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There's no serial on the slide reciever?
Aidan Ritchie, LA area player and teacher
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Huh. May have been replaced. In any case, jealous! That's probably a great horn.
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The king 3B is such a good design that it doesn't really matter what era it was made in. Even the newest horns from last year are phenomenal.
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Re: King 3b Silversonic Help
If the first three numbers are 389, then it dates to about 1963. (Actually, that's what I was guessing before I looked up the serial number.) That's a particularly good era for King.