Trumpet, B-flat, C, A, high pitch / low pitch
Maker
H. N. White Company
Date1928-1929 ca.
Place MadeCleveland, Ohio, United States, North America
ModelKing Master Model 1 Vocal Trumpet Medium Bore
Serial No.108279
SignedEngraved on bell within floral design, KING / Master / MODEL / MADE BY / THE / H. N. WHITE / CO. / CLEV, D / O.
Stamped on second valve casing: -"KING"- / MADE BY / H. N. WHITE / CLEV'D, O. / 108279 / MEDIUM BOREMarkingsStamped on valve spring barrels and main tuning slide: 108279
Stamped on ferrules for each valve slide, respectively: B C A
Stamped on quick-change valve: C Bb
Stamped on valve casings, stems, and largest guiding lugs, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on cylinder for high pitch quick-change: 1216
Stamped on cylinder for low pitch quick-change: 1285
Internal tubing of slides have score marks for low pitch tuning.DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated, satin finish. Burnished points. Gold wash bell interior. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces. Three, top-sprung Perinet piston valves. Rotary change valve.DimensionsBell diameter: 118 mm
Bore: 12.5 mm (0.493 in)
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: 265-266.
Spell, Clinton E. “A History of the H. N. White Co. and Its Products (1893-1965)” MM
Thesis, University of South Dakota, 2013, pp. 180-181.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00667
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