Dating a King 2B

[procrock]

Good day esteemed trombone people,

I recently purchased a King 2B and like many before me, I'm trying to find out a manufacture date. Here are the clues and some info I have gathered from this forum:

Engraving outside of the bell

"King" and "2102" appear on the bell so 1980's or later

SN 411464 - no prefix


From serial number archives, I've found the following possibilities:

1965 - 1970 (not consistent with "2102" on bell)

1992 (where a preceding "42 411445" was linked via this document):
https://www.brasshistory.net/White%20Brass%20List.pdf
(no prefix on mine)

2016 (where a preceding "400791" (no prefix) was linked via same document)

So my best guess is 2016. Does this sound right? I was under the impression that it was older, like 1990's.

[TomWest]

How about some pictures so the King experts could help. Counterweight, engraving, serial number,etc.

[Kingfan]

I tried to date a 2B. Her parents wouldn't let us. Hee hee!

[Finetales]

That list you linked is the first King serial number list I've seen that goes past 1975, that's a great resource. I need to change some of my logs for my Kings!

It's possible that the prefix number on your horn has faded away or been smudged/scratched over, but it's more likely that it's just a 2016 horn. Pictures would help!

[procrock]

Thanks for the info everybody.

I'm new to this group so I don't know how I can upload pictures but here are some dropbox links:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/4kz8cyra ... qc83b&dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/51faiq2z ... qbzgp&dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/kpwy4el6 ... zvg43&dl=0

[Finetales]

That definitely looks like a 2016 horn to me.

[procrock]

Ok thanks, I'll call it case closed!