Trumpet, B-flat, A
Date1937-1938 ca.
Place MadeCleveland, Ohio, United States, North America
ModelSilvertone Liberty Model
Serial No.210962
SignedEngraved on bell: KING / SILVER TONE / MADE BY / THE H. N. WHITE CO. / CLEVELAND / OHIOMarkingsStamped on left side of second valve casing: 'KING' / MADE BY / H. N. WHITE CO / CLEV’D, O. / 210962
Stamped on pistons and upper valve caps: 210962
Stamped on low pitch slide and third valve trigger slide: 962
Stamped near score marks of first and third valve slides: A
Stamped on valve casings, pistons, stems and upper valve caps, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionSilver-plated brass (body), sterling-silver bell with gold-plated interior and gilded engraving highlights, mother-of-pearl finger buttons, low-pitch insert slide with stop nut for quick-change to A, main tuning slide at first bow, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), bottom-sprung, alignment by one key on crystal silver pistons, single water keys with octagonal heads at main tuning slide and third valve slide, trigger with adjustable pull ring at third valve double slide, windway 3-2-1.
Silver mouthpiece, stamped: KING / M12
Silver lyre (can be used in exchange for the adjustable third-valve pull ring)
This King Liberty model Art-Déco-style trumpet with anglar bell rim and braces was owned around 1941 by Raymond Niebes (1892-1970), Mentor, Ohio, who studied trumpet at Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio.
DimensionsHeight: 493 mm
Tube length: 1187 mm, 1309 mm, 1403 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 11.1 mm, 8.9 mm, 11.35 mm, 11.37 mm (0.448 inches)
Bell diameter: 117 mm (4 5/8 inches)
ProvenancePurchased from George Borodi, Cleveland, Ohio, 1987.
Published ReferencesKlaus, Sabine Katharina. Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 1: Instruments of the Single Harmonic Series (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2012), p. 207.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06894
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