Tenor trombone, B-flat, low pitch
Maker
H. N. White
Maker
H. N. White Company
Date1908 ca.
Place MadeCleveland, Ohio, United States, North America
ModelKing
Serial No.16612
SignedEngraved on bell in floral design: KING / (within heart-like shape) MADE BY / H. N. WHITE / CLEVELAND / OHIOStamped on mouthpiece reciever: [lion's head] / THE KING / MADE BY / H. N. WHITE / CLEVD, O. / MEDIUM BORE
MarkingsStamped slide receiver, main tuning slide, lower cork barrel, and lower outer tube slide: 16612
Stamped on upper outer tube slide: PAT. MAY 24TH 1910
DescriptionBrass; with brass inner slides and nickel-silver stockings. Satin silver finish with burnished engravings and gold-plated bell interior.
DimensionsBell diameter: 7 in (178 mm)
Primary bore: 0.465 in (11.8 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.156.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02124
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