I've about given up on figuring out my King 2055t age

[Damon McQueary]

Hello, another obnoxious post about aging a trumpet. Couple years back I picked up a King Silver Flair 2055T for a price I couldn't pass up. My problem now is figuring out when it was produced. My serial is 5 633XXX no clue when this would've been....

[J. Jericho]

@damon-mcqueary I don't know about the "5" prefix, but there's this:
https://www.trumpet-history.com/Early King Models.pdf
Here's a detail:

Also, there's no harm in contacting The H. N. White Company, LLC at https://www.hnwhite.com/ and Conn-Selmer http://www.selmer.com/en-us/instruments/band-instruments/trumpets/2055t .

[Damon McQueary]

@j-jericho thank you!

[ROWUK]

Horn u Copia has essentially identical info:
https://www.horn-u-copia.net/serial/Kinglist.html

as does Conn/Selmer:
https://www.conn-selmer.eu/resources/serial-numbers/king

Around 1976.

[Damon McQueary]

Mission accomplished it is a 1997, thank you to all who made suggestions!!!

[administrator]

@damon-mcqueary said in I've about given up on figuring out my King 2055t age:

Mission accomplished it is a 1997, thank you to all who made suggestions!!!

That's what we're here for.