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Cornet, B-flat, C, high pitch / low pitch.
Cornet, B-flat, C, high pitch / low pitch.
Cornet, B-flat, C, high pitch / low pitch.

Cornet, B-flat, C, high pitch / low pitch.

Date1910-1915 ca.
Place MadeCleveland, Ohio, United States, North America
ModelKing Master Vocal Model
Serial No.29136
SignedEngraved on bell within floral pattern: KING / Master / MODEL / MADE BY / THE / H. N. WHITE / CO / CLEVELAND / OHIO.
MarkingsStamped on first, second, and third tuning slides, respectively: B C
Stamped on quick-change valve: 876
Stamped on front of quick-change valve: C Bb
Stamped on valve casings, stems, and largest guiding lugs, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on valve spring barrels and main tuning slide: 29136
Score marks and an "L" stamped on inner tubing on all "C" slides.
DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated, satin finish. Gold wash bell interior. Three, top-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces.
DimensionsBell diameter: 116mm
Bore (second valve slide): 11.8mm (0.467in)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesScott, Marshall L. "The American Piston Valved Cornets and Trumpets of the Shrine to Music Museum" DMA thesis, University of Wisconsin, 1988: 262.

Spell, Clinton E. “A history of the H. N. White Co. and Its Products (1893-1965)” MM
Thesis, University of South Dakota, 2013, pp. 130-131.

Sabine 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), p. 137.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00586
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