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Silvertone versus Silversonic What is the difference?
Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2021 7:06 pm
by NamePlate
I've been window shopping the past few days and I keep seeing King silvertones and silversonics but their vintage doesnt seem to overlap. Is the silversonic just a rebranded silvertone, or is it a slightly modified successor to the silvertone?
Re: Silvertone versus Silversonic What is the difference?
Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2021 7:23 pm
by Burgerbob
Same instruments, silversonic comes after Sears sued HN White for their Silvertone trademark.
Re: Silvertone versus Silversonic What is the difference?
Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2021 11:52 pm
by BGuttman
There are two different Silvertone instruments. A King ir NN White Silvertone is a sterling belled instrument from the late 1940s or earlier. A brass Silvertone was a student grade instrument sold by Sears, Roebuck. Sears trademarked the name before White started using it and thus White lost a trademark lawsuit and was compelled to stop using the name. Thus the sterling belled Kings became SilverSonic.
Do not confuse a Sears trombone with a King trombone. Two different classes of instrument.
Re: Silvertone versus Silversonic What is the difference?
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2021 5:52 am
by trombonedemon
BGuttman wrote: ↑Wed Oct 27, 2021 11:52 pm
Do not confuse a Sears trombone with a King trombone. Two different classes of instrument.
That would be an epic blunder!!!!