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Trumpet, B-flat, C, A, high pitch / low pitch
Maker: H. N. White Company
Date: 1922-1923 ca.
Place Made:Cleveland, Ohio, United States, North America
Model: King Master Model 1 Vocal Trumpet Medium Bore
Serial No: 51164
SignedEngraved on bell with floral design: [five-petaled flower] / 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. / 51164 / MEDIUM BORE
Stamped on second valve casing: -"KING"- / MADE BY / H. N. WHITE / CLEV'D, O. / 51164 / MEDIUM BORE
MarkingsStamped on valve spring barrels and main tuning slide: 51164
Stamped on high pitch change valve: 973
Stamped on low pitch change valve: 675
Stamped on valve slides, respectively: B C
Stamped on quick-change rotor: C Bb
Stamped on valve stems, largest guiding lug, and outer valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Internal tubing of slides engraved with "L" and score marks for low pitch tuning.
Stamped on high pitch change valve: 973
Stamped on low pitch change valve: 675
Stamped on valve slides, respectively: B C
Stamped on quick-change rotor: C Bb
Stamped on valve stems, largest guiding lug, and outer valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Internal tubing of slides engraved with "L" and score marks for low pitch tuning.
DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated, satin finish. Burnished points. Gold wash bell interior. Three, top-sprung Perinet piston valves. Rotary change valve.
DimensionsBell diameter: 119 mm
Bore: 12.4 mm (0.489 in)
Bore: 12.4 mm (0.489 in)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
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: 270-71.
Spell, Clinton E. “A History of the H. N. White Co. and Its Products (1893-1965)” MM
Thesis, University of South Dakota, 2013, pp. 179-180.
Spell, Clinton E. “A History of the H. N. White Co. and Its Products (1893-1965)” MM
Thesis, University of South Dakota, 2013, pp. 179-180.
Object number: 00774