Coach horn, B-flat
Maker
H. N. White Company
Date1927 ca.
Place MadeCleveland, Ohio, United States, North America
ModelKing Coach Horn No. 1076
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved on bell: KING / MADE BY / THE / H. N. WHITE / CO. / CLEV,D / O.Markingsnone
DescriptionBrass; very narrow, central, single loop for the main tuning slide in an otherwise straight instrument; French rim with iron wire insert.
This model is listed in the "King Trumpets and Cornets" catalog of 1927 as no. 1076, “King Coach Horn” (p. 17). The model was inspired by the straight English post horn, which also had a sliding joint midway along the tubing for tuning, and a trumpet-like bell. By 1860, coach-horn playing became an amateur pastime among the middle and upper classes in England, and by 1870s it was also popular in France and America. In Paris, road coaching clubs used English coach and post horns. In the United States coach-horn societies still existed in the 1920s.
DimensionsHeight: 980 mm
Tube length: 1343 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 11.1 mm, 8.8 mm
Bell diameter: 118 mm
Published ReferencesSpell, Clinton E. “A History of the H. N. White Co. and Its Products (1893-1965),” MM Thesis (Vermillion, University of South Dakota, 2013), pp. 228-229.
Klaus, 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), pp. 207, 266.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07230
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