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Trumpet, B-flat, C, high pitch / low pitch

Trumpet, B-flat, C, high pitch / low pitch

Date: 1915-1917 ca.
Place Made:Cleveland, Ohio, United States, North America
Model: King Master Model 1 Small Bore
Serial No: 15402
SignedEngraved on bell with floral design: [five-petaled flower] / KING / Master / Trumpet / MADE BY / H. N. WHITE / CLEVELAND / OHIO
Stamped on second valve casing: -"KING"- / MADE BY / H. N. WHITE / CLEV'D, O. / 15402 / SMALL BORE
MarkingsStamped on valve spring barrels and back of water key: 15402
Stamped on valve casings, stems, and largest guiding lugs, respectively: 1 2 3
DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated, satin finish. Burnished points. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces. Three, top-sprung Perinet piston valves.
DimensionsBell diameter: 117 mm
Bore: 12.1 mm (0.480 in)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesScott, Marshall L. "The American Piston Valved Cornets and Trumpets of the Shrine to Music Museum" DMA thesis, University of Wisconsin, 1988: 275.

Spell, Clinton E. “A History of the H. N. White Co. and Its Products (1893-1965)” MM
Thesis, University of South Dakota, 2013, pp. 185-186.
Object number: 00973