Trumpet, B-flat, A, high pitch / low pitch
Date1946 ca.
Place MadeCleveland, Ohio, United States, North America
ModelSilvertone Liberty Model with Dizzy Gillespie style bell
Serial No.277662
SignedEngraved on bell: STERLING BELL / KING / SILVERTONE / MADE BY / THE H. N. WHITE CO. / CLEVELAND / OHIOMarkingsStamped on left side of second valve casing: 'KING' / MADE BY / H. N. WHITE CO / CLEV’D, O. / 277662
Stamped on pistons and upper valve caps: 277662
Stamped on low pitch slide and third valve trigger slide: 662
Stamped on screw of third valve trigger-pull-ring holder: B
Stamped on valve casings, pistons, stems and upper valve caps, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionBrass (body), sterling silver bell, bent upwards, mother-of-pearl finger buttons, single loop, low-pitch insert slide with stop nut for quick-change to A, main tuning slide at first bow, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), bottom-sprung, alignment by one key on crystal silver pistons, single water key with octagonal head at main tuning slide and third valve slide, third valve with holder for adjustable pull-ring trigger (ring lost), windway 3-2-1.
Principally, a King Liberty model trumpet with Dizzy Gillespie-style upward bent bell with angular bell rim.
DimensionsHeight: 487 mm
Tube length: 1219 mm, 1311 mm, 1405 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slides, valve slides): 11.2 mm, 8.9 mm, 11.4 mm, 11.37 mm (0.448 inches)
Bell diameter: 117 mm (4 5/8 inches)
ProvenancePurchased from Roger Markowitz, The Horn Doctor, Bend, Oregon, 1997.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07193
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