Tenor trombone, B-flat, low pitch
Maker
H. N. White Company
Date1914 ca.
Place MadeCleveland, Ohio, United States, North America
ModelKing
Serial No.36406
SignedEngraved within floral design on bell: KING / (within heart-like shape) MADE BY / H. N. WHITE / CLEVELAND / OHIOStamped on mouthpiece receiver: [lion head] / THE KING / MADE BY / H. N. WHITE / CLEV'D O. / 5
Stamped on upper outer slide near receiver: [lion head] / THE KING / MADE BY / H. N. WHITE / CLEV'D O. / TRADEMARK / [double line] / CRYSTAL-SILVER / [double line] / SLIDES
MarkingsStamped on slide receiver, lower cork barrel, lower outer slide tube, and primary tuning slide: 36406
DescriptionBrass; with nickel-plated inner slides and nickel-silver stockings. Satin silver finish. Gold-plated bell interior.
DimensionsBell diameter: 8 in (203 mm)
Primary bore: 0.500 in (12.7 mm)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesKitzel, Larry. The Trombones of the Shrine to Music Museum. DMA dissertation (Norman: University of Oklahoma, 1985), p. 152, plate 155.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02120
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