Cornet, B-flat, A, high pitch / low pitch
Maker
H. N. White Company
Date1905-1910 ca.
Place MadeCleveland, Ohio, United States, North America
ModelKing Master Model 1
Serial No.16482
SignedEngraved on bell within floral pattern: KING / Master / MODEL / MADE BY / H. N. WHITE / CLEVELAND / OHIO.Stamped on second valve casing, right side: -"KING"- / MADE BY / H. N. WHITE / CLEV'D, O. / 16482 / MEDIUM BORE
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, stems, and largest guiding lug, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing, left side: PAT. PEND'G
Stamped on valve spring barrels, main tuning slide, and back of water key: 16482
Stamped on main tuning slide: B
Score marks on slides for pull to A.
DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated, satin finish. Burnished points. Gold wash bell interior. Three, top-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces.
DimensionsBell diameter: 118 mm
Bore: 0.464 in (11.7 mm)
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: 286.
Spell, Clinton E. “A History of the H. N. White Co. and Its Products (1893-1965)” MM
Thesis, University of South Dakota, 2013, pp. 140-141.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number03706
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