What year were these made?

[JohnMars]

I have a pair of Klipsch speaker that were passed down to me but I don't know how old they are.  They were pulled from a movie theater that was open from 1923 until 1971.  I tried to look up the serial number but I was getting conflicting information. 

[OO1]

@JohnMars  these speakers look like late  1950's  or early 60's  khorns  ,  the serial no of the midrange horn k-5-J ser# 1890  is  indicative of a 1959 manufacturing date , plus the k-77 is used  , the woofer is the K-33-J , so this speaker  is more likely to be  a  1960 khorn

 

  can you take more pictures of Midrange compression driver , and search out for a   klipsch tag on the bass bin , this tag should tell us a bit more .

[JohnMars]

Next time I'm down there where the speakers are, I'll check the bass bin for any tags.  I should probably check the other one as well.  That one had too much furniture in front of it.  This may be a kit enclosure so it may not have anything in the bass bin.  I'm not sure if I remember the story correctly, but I think the speaker were built into the movie theater casework.  The enclosure may have been built in the 70s after the speakers were removed.

 

Thanks for you help on this.

[Travis In Austin]

Welcome to the Forum, @JRHthe Historian should be able to help you with that when he pokes back in.

[JohnMars]

Where should I go if I need to sell?

[billybob]

10 hours ago, JohnMars said:

Where should I go if I need to sell?

You could place an advert in the garage sale section here for one. Where are you located?

 Thanks... @JohnMars

[JRH]

The serial numbers on drivers and horns were not documented to my knowledge.  Without a bass bin number (that could also be hammer-stamped into the wood) I would guess late 50's.  

[JohnMars]

I'm in Austin area but the speakers are located 20 miles south of Houston Texas.  I'll post it on the garage sale forum.