Cornet, C, B-flat, low pitch
Maker
H. N. White Company
Date1918 ca.
Place MadeCleveland, Ohio, United States, North America
ModelKing Master Vocal Model 1
Serial No.59063
SignedEngraved on bell: KING / Master / MODEL / MADE BY / THE / H. N. WHITE / CO / CLEV, D. / O.MarkingsStamped on right side of second valve casing: "KING" / MADE BY / H. N. WHITE / CLEVE’D, O. / 59063 / MEDIUM BORE
Stamped on case of rotary-valve quick-change: 949 / C / Bb
Stamped on first valve tuning slide: B
Stamped on ferrule at main tuning slide: 063
Stamped on valve casings and stems, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, satin finish with burnished highlights, bell interior gold-plated, mother-of-pearl finger buttons, double loop, modified S-shaped formation, rotary-valve quick-change from C to B-flat (second bow), main tuning slide (narrow third bow), fixed leadpipe, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung (valve caps frozen), single water keys (first and third bows), windway 3-2-1.
King/H. N. White built two very different cornet models with the name “Master Model.” One with and one without a quick-change from B-flat to C. While the former is characterized by a very wide first bow, the latter, as seen here, has an S-shaped leadpipe arrangement with the quick-change forming the middle part of that S.
DimensionsHeight: 365 mm
Tube length: 1166 mm (C), 1328 mm (B-flat)
Bore diameter: 9.7 mm, 8.5 mm, 11.6 mm, 11.6 mm, 11.6 mm (0.456 inches)
Bell diameter: 117 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1997 from Rich Ita, Atlanta, Georgia.
Published ReferencesSabine Katharina Klaus, Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 4: The Heydey of the Cornet (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2022), pp. 137, 280.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07257
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