Cornet, B-flat, A, high pitch / low pitch
Maker
H. N. White Company
Date1905-1910 ca.
Place MadeCleveland, Ohio, United States, North America
ModelKing Master Model 1
Serial No.18179
SignedEngraved on bell within floral pattern: KING / Master / MODEL / MADE BY / THE / H. N. WHITE / CLEVELAND / OHIOStamped on second valve casing: -"KING"- / MADE BY / H. N. WHITE / CLEV'D, O. / 18179 / MEDIUM BORE
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, stems, and largest guiding lugs, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing, left side: PAT. PEND'G
Stamped on valve spring barrels, back of water key, and main tuning slide: 18179
Stamped on main tuning slide ferrule: B
Stamped on adjustment section on main tuning slide: 1
Interal slides score marks and "A" stamped.
DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated, satin finish. Burnished points. Gold wash bell interior. Three, top-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces.
DimensionsBell diameter: 118mm
Bore (second valve slide): 11.6mm (0.458in)
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: 268-269.
Spell, Clinton E. “A History of the H. N. White Co. and Its Products (1893-1965)” MM
Thesis, University of South Dakota, 2013, pp. 143-144.
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. 136.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00724
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