The Modell Peter Ponzol, a limited edition professional horn available for just a few years.Champion, an intermediate model, that was stripped and used as the template for a couple Boosey & Hawkes and Amati horns.New King and Toneking (three to four variations of each stencilled as the H-Couf horns, Conn DJH Modified models, Selmer Bundy/Bundy Special and dozens of others).Early Horns (King, Soloist, Deluxe and Exklusiv models stencilled as the Selmer Pennsylvania - and each are slight variations on each other).Keilwerth has only had essentially a few professional models: That's obviously not the case: Keilwerth was founded in Czechoslovakia! The Keilwerth company itself doesn't know its full history: they've even insisted on their forum that all Keilwerth horns are engraved "Made in Germany". While there is a lot of information about Julius Keilwerth out there, a lot of it is in German (which I can't read) and it's also partial: no one seems to know the full story of the Keilwerth company and its association with Boosey and Hawkes (before and after they purchased the Keilwerth company), Selmer, Kohlert, Amati and several other smaller manufacturers. Julius Keilwerth and his brothers were involved with most of the German AND Czech saxophone market, so much so that it's impossible to just talk about Julius Keilwerth divorced from these other companies.The Keilwerth company is probably the most challenging manufacturer to write about for two reasons:
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