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Trombone, B-flat, low pitch.
Trombone, B-flat, low pitch.
Trombone, B-flat, low pitch.

Trombone, B-flat, low pitch.

Date1915-1917 ca.
Place MadeCleveland, Ohio, United States, North America
ModelKing
Serial No.62602
SignedEngraved within floral design on bell: KING / (within heart-like shape) MADE BY / THE / H. N. WHITE CO. / CLEV’D / O.
MarkingsSerial number also stamped on back of slide receiver, slide socket, and mouthpiece receiver.
Stamped on mouthpiece receiver: [lion head] / THE KING / MADE BY / H. N. WHITE / CLEV'D O. / MEDIUM BORE / LOW PITCH.
Stamped on brace plate on bell/slide joint: PAT. MAY 17-1910.
DescriptionBrass; with nickel-silver plated inner slides and nickel-silver stockings. Silver-plated finish.
DimensionsBell diameter: 7in (189mm)
Primary bore: 0.465in (11.8mm)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesLarry Kitzel. "The Trombones of the Shrine to Music Museum." Ph. D. thesis, University of Oklahoma Graduate College (1985), 76, plate 77.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00979
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