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adagiotrumpet
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 Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2019 7:30 am Post subject: King Sterling Silver Bells |
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| Were all King Sterling Silver bells engraved as "Silver Sonic"? |
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chef8489
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OldSchoolEuph
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| Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2019 2:07 am Post subject: |
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There were also some early SilverTone models that did not even say that, and are identifiable only by a cryptic script character above the bell engraving.
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iiipopes
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I concur with the above. My uncle's King cornet from the 40's was "Silver Tone." With fighter jets breaking the sound barrier and everybody getting on the "supersonic" bandwagon (pun intended) in the late '50's, H. N. White changed the name of the bells to "Silver Sonic." Same bell.
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nieuwguyski
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| Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 10:15 pm Post subject: |
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Sears sold a line of stencil brasses under the "Silvertone" name in the '30s. It took a few years, but Sears eventually took King to court over the name and won -- thus "Silver Sonic."
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chef8489
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| Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2019 6:03 am Post subject: |
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| iiipopes wrote: | | I concur with the above. My uncle's King cornet from the 40's was "Silver Tone." With fighter jets breaking the sound barrier and everybody getting on the "supersonic" bandwagon (pun intended) in the late '50's, H. N. White changed the name of the bells to "Silver Sonic." Same bell. |
As posted above it was loosing the lawsuit to Sears that caused them to change the name not the supersonic bandwagon as you say. |
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