[Trombone-l] Another King thing

[Moran, Doug]

I always thought the 3 or 4 digits on the hand slide were to keep the 
two parts of the slide together at the factory.  My Kings have always 
had the numbers engraved on both pieces, and they matched.

Doug

On May 31, 2006, at 6:57 PM, Richard Barrett wrote:

> Friends
>
> I wanted to use the website Doug mentioned
> (http://www.dancipsax.com/iserialkingbone.html) in regard to the King 
> 3b to
> date my 4b Sonorous model that someone told me was late 1970s.
>
> I am confused by the fact there are two serial numbers - one on the 
> bell
> section is 726485, another on the slide is 8543.  Which one do I use 
> and how
> old is the instrument really?
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> Best wishes
> Richard