Trumpet, B-flat
Maker
H. N. White Company
Date1938-1940 ca.
Place MadeCleveland, Ohio, United States, North America
ModelGladiator
Serial No.A616
SignedEngraved on bell with gladiator holding a shield and spear: The / Gladiator (within banner) / MADE BY / THE / H. N. WHITE CO. / CLEVELAND / OHIO.MarkingsStamped on second valve casing: A / 616
Stamped on main tuning slide: A616
Stamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
DescriptionH. N. White carried a total of four main model lines. In order of the quality and cost (from most expensive and professional to the cheapest student model): King; Cleveland; American Standard; and Gladiator. The Gladiator line was developed in 1935 and catered even more to the demand for inexpensive student instruments. The line only offered trumpets/cornets (only in B-flat), trombones, and silver clarinets (Boehm system only), and regardless of the instrument, each sold for $40.
Brass; with silver-plated, satin finish. Burnished points. Gold wash bell interior. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces.
DimensionsBell diameter: 115 mm
Bore diameter: 11.6 mm (0.460 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: 277.
Spell, Clinton E. “A History of the H. N. White Co. and Its Products (1893-1965)” MM Thesis, University of South Dakota, 2013, pp. 241-242.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01684
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