Henderson N. White Co. Boehm System Clarinet
date: label: date made
content: ca 1940
name: label: maker
content: Henderson N. White Co.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This clarinet was made by Henderson N. White in Cleveland, Ohio about 1940. It is a Boehm System clarinet in B-flat, Silver King model serial #299564, made of nickel silver with gold plate inside the bell. This clarinet is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>SILVER<br>KING<br>N.P.<br>MADE BY<br>THE H.N. WHITE CO.<br>CLEVELAND<br>OHIO</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This clarinet features United States Patent #2194513, March 26, 1940 awarded to Henderson N. White for a “Musical Instrument,” which was for the manufacture of a metal clarinet bell.</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: Clarinets
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: 1991.0255.04
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0255.04
label: accession number
content: 1991.0255
label: serial number
content: 299564
objectType: label: Object Name
content: clarinet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: nickel silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: sterling silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 24 1/2 in x 3 in; 62.23 cm x 7.62 cm
label: Measurements
content: mouthpiece: 3 5/8 in x 1 7/16 in; 9.2075 cm x 3.65125 cm
label: Measurements
content: clarinet: 20 1/8 in x 2 5/8 in; 51.1175 cm x 6.6675 cm
label: Measurements
content: bell: 4 5/16 in x 2 7/8 in; 10.95375 cm x 7.3025 cm