HN White Cornets & Trumpets

HN White Cornets & Trumpets

This guide contains photos from my collection, horn-u-copia, advertising and Robb Stewart, which detail the trumpets and cornets of the HN White Company. Henderson White, a Romeo carpenter's son, started working in instrument repair with O.F. Berdan in Detroit before age 16, at which point he was recruited to Cleveland and ultimately was a repairman for H.E. McMillin's store. He started his own store selling the same products as McMillin in 1894 and expanded to making instruments before 1900. The first, a trombone, was patterned on input from Thomas King, who is the source of the King name (the lion head logo on serials before 9000 not withstanding). White expanded in 1897 into rented loft space and then in 1909 into a factory on Superior street that doubled in size by 1917. The company hired Foster Reynolds after his one year apprenticeship at York in late 1904. White continued selling stencil products, which was all that McMillin ever sold, until at least 1915. The earliest show the same typeface and layout as early McMillin horns as well as being the same actual instruments. It is likely White was the person marking the bells of all of these pre-1900 examples. The White family continued the firm after his death and ultimately sold to Nate Dolin in 1965.

HN White & King Serial Numbers

Year Starting Year Starting Year Starting Year Starting

1893

1 1923 58,000 1953 330,000 1983 906,860

1894

250 1924 68,000 1954 337,000 1984 941,716

1895

500 1925 78,000 1955 340,000 1985 976,572

1896

750 1926 88,000 1956 346,000 1986 prefix 36-

1897 1,000 1927 98,000 1957 352,000 1987 prefix 37-

1898 1,300 1928 108,000 1958 358,000 1988 prefix 38-

1899 1,600 1929 116,000 1959 364,000 1989 prefix 39-

1900 2,000 1930 126,000 1960 370,000 1990 prefix 40-

1901 2,400 1931 136,000 1961 377,500 1991 prefix 41-

1902 2,800 1932 146,000 1962 384,500 1992 prefix 42-

1903 3,200 1933 156,000 1963 392,000 1993 prefix 43-

1904 3,600 1934 166,000 1964 399,000 1994 prefix 44-

1905 4,000 1935 176,000 1965 406,500 1995 prefix 45-

1906 4,800 1936 186,000 1966 416,720 1996 prefix 46-

1907 5,600 1937 200,000 1967 426,940 1997 prefix 47-

1908 6,400 1938 212,000 1968 437,160 1998 prefix 48-

1909 7,200 1939 225,000 1969 447,380 1999 prefix 49-

1910 8,000 1940 239,000 1970 457,600 2000 prefix 50-

1911 9,200 1941 254,000 1971 468,430 2001 prefix 51-

1912 10,400 1942 264,000 1972 479,260 2002 prefix 52-

1913 11,600 1943 264,000 1973 490,090 2003 prefix 53-

1914 12,800 1944 264,000 1974 500,920 2004 prefix 54-

1915 14,000 1945 267,500 1975 511,751 2005 prefix 55-

1916 16,000 1946 277,000 1976 579,596 2006 prefix 56-

1917 19,000 1947 287,000 1977 647,441 2007 prefix 57-

1918 23,000 1948 296,500 1978 715,286 2008 prefix 58-

1919 28,000 1949 301,500 1979 783,131 2009 prefix 59-

1920 34,000 1950 308,000 1980 850,976 2010 prefix 60-

1921 41,000 1951 316,500 1981 869,604 2011 prefix 61-

1922 49,000 1952 322,000 1982 888,232 2012 prefix 62-

Cleveland and

American Standard

(extrapolated from Chris Charvat's list)

Year Starting Year Starting

1919

1 1945 45,000

1920

910 1946 46,000

1921 1,819 1947 47,000

1922 2,728 1948 48,000

1923 3,637 1949 49,000

1924 4,546 1950 50,000

1925 5,455 1951 53,000

1926 6,364 1952 56,000

1927 7,273 1953 59,000

1928 8,182 1954 62,000

1929 9,091 1955 65,000

1930 10,000 1956 74,000

1931 14,000 1957 83,000

1932 18,000 1958 92,000

1933 22,000 1959 101,000

1934 26,000 1960 100,000

1935 30,000 1961 112,000

1936 32,000 1962 124,000

1937 34,000 1963 136,000

1938 36,000 1964 148,000

1939 38,000 1965 160,000

1940 40,000 1966 212,000

1941 41,000 1967 264,000

1942 42,000 1968 316,000

1943 43,000 1969 368,000

1944 44,000 1970 420,000

H.N. White's First Stencil

Years Built: 1894 ? 189? Key(s): A & B-flat

Pitching: HP & LP

Front Slide: HP/LP

Rear Slide: Tuning

Tuning Lock: MP Shank

Bore:

Bell Material: Yellow brass Bell Type: 2-piece

Name(s): "SUPERIOR" ? "M.BAUER" ? "HN WHITE" ? "SOLE AGENT" ? "CLEVELAND O."

Special Characteristics: Built by Bohland & Fuchs, who built for Lyon & Healy's Henry Gunkel Paris brand, Sears Marceau Paris, Vega, Fischer, L&H, and McMillin as well. A Besson design.

Superior Silver Star Cornet

Years Built: 1895 ? 190? Key(s): A & B-flat

Pitching: HP & LP

Front Slide: None

Rear Slide: Tuning & HP/LP Tuning Lock: MP Shank

Bore:

Bell Material: Yellow brass Bell Type:

Name(s): "SUPERIOR" ? "SILVER STAR" ? "HN WHITE " ? "SOLE AGENT" ? "CLEVELAND O."

Special Characteristics: Built off-shore in the style of a Courtois.

{Photo from Kenton Scott's horn-u-}

Silver Star Cornet

Years Built: 1895 ? 190? Key(s): A & B-flat

Pitching: HP & LP

Front Slide: None

Rear Slide: Tuning & HP/LP Tuning Lock: MP Shank

Bore:

Bell Material: Yellow brass Bell Type:

Name(s): "SILVER STAR" ? "HN WHITE " ? "CLEVELAND O."

Special Characteristics: Built off-shore by Bohland & Fuchs in the style of a Cortois Arban.

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