Henderson N. White B-Flat Soprano Trumpet
date: label: date made
content: ca 1931
name: label: maker
content: White, Henderson N.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This trumpet was made by Henderson N. White in Cleveland, Ohio about 1931. It is a B-flat soprano trumpet, “King Liberty Model,” serial #134288. This trumpet is made of burnished gold and sterling silver with elaborate engravings throughout and has 3 piston valves with mother-of-pearl buttons. This trumpet is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>KING<br>LIBERTY MODEL<br>MADE BY<br>THE<br>H.N. WHITE CO.<br>CLEV,D<br>O</p>
label: Description
content: <p> and on the bell:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>KING<br>MADE BY<br>H.N. WHITE<br>CLEVD.O.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Only 100 soprano trumpets were made by Henderson H. White as promotional items for musical instrument dealers and performers.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Cleveland
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Trumpets
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Cathryn White Sylvester in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Henderson N. White
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0255.01
label: accession number
content: 1991.0255
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0255.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trumpet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 2 in x 4 in; 25.4 cm x 5.08 cm x 10.16 cm