Henderson N. White Co. Boehm System Clarinet
date: label: Date made
content: 1930-1940
name: label: maker
content: Henderson N. White Co.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This clarinet was made by Henderson N. White Co. in Cleveland, Ohio around 1950 to 1953. It is a Boehm System clarinet in B-flat, Gladiator model, serial #FF982, made of nickel silver plated brass. This clarinet is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>The<br>Gladiator<br>MADE BY<br>THE<br>H.N. WHITE CO.<br>CLEVELAND<br>OHIO</p>
label: Description
content: <p>The H.N. White Company produced its “Gladiator” line of band instruments from 1940-1941 and 1950-1953. The “Gladiator” brand included cornets, trumpets, clarinets, and trombones and were high quality instruments at a lower price. An H.N. White advertisement from 1941 indicates:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>“The constant increase in the number and sizes of School Bands has created a demand for a quality line of low priced AMERICAN MADE Band Instruments for students and beginners who cannot afford to purchase the higher priced instruments.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>In response to this demand we have created the GLADIATOR Line consisting of Trumpet - Cornet - Trombone and Clarinet - each designed to give the student a better instrument in the low price range to enable him to progress faster and become a better player.”</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 Russell C. Wilde
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0366.01
label: catalog number
content: 1990.0366.01
label: accession number
content: 1990.0366
objectType: label: Object Name
content: clarinet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: nickel silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 5/8 in x 3 1/16 in; 60.0075 cm x 7.77875 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 3/4 in x 3 in; 60.325 cm x 7.62 cm