Trumpet, B-flat, A
Maker
H. N. White Company
Date1935 ca.
Place MadeCleveland, Ohio, United States, North America
ModelKing Liberty Model 1, possibly 1050 style (medium bore)
Serial No.177117
SignedEngraved on bell within floral design and underneath engraved five-petal flower design: KING / LIBERTY MODEL / MADE BY / THE / H · N · WHITE / CO / CLEVELAND / O.Stamped on second valve casing: -"KING"- / MADE BY / H. N. WHITE Co / CLEV'D, O. / 177117 / MEDIUM BORE
MarkingsStamped on valve spring barrels: 177117
Stamped on main tuning slide and third valve slide: 117
Stamped on valve stems, largest guiding lugs, and valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on first valve slide inner tubing: A
Score marks on inner tubing of valve slides.
DescriptionThe Liberty model began to appear ca. 1921. The Liberty Model No. 1 differs from Model No. 2 in that the latter has more of an Art Deco style, especially in the "X"-shaped brace. Although Sterling Silver bells were available at this time, the present instrument does not have such a bell. Rather, it features the Finish II (see below), because Sterling Silver bells should have [£] stamped on the bellpipe.
Finish II: Heavily silver plated, satin finish, bell richly engraved, with the inside of bell gold plated. Ferrules, valve caps, water keys, points, engraving and inside of bell hand burnished. Mother of pearl inlaid finger tips. (taken from King Band Instruments catalog).
Brass; with silver-plated, satin finish. Burnished point. Gold wash bell interior. Three, top-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces.
DimensionsBell diameter: 115 mm
Bore: 11.5 mm (0.456 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)” MMThesis, University of South Dakota, 2013, pp. 191-192.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01717
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