Henderson White, founder of the HN White Company, started his business as a proprietor of a small repair shop in Cleveland, Ohio. With the help of Mr. Thomas King, a local trombone player, White developed his first trombone in 1894. This was viewed in the market as a \u201crevelation\u201d to the music world due to its radically different bell, bore, and mouthpipe designs. Players loved the \u201cKing\u201d trombone because the slide was smoother and lighter than any other.<\/p>\n
These instruments gained immediate success with professionals including Al Pinard, the trombone soloist with Arthur Pryor\u2019s Band. In 1909, the HN White Company developed a \u201cDepartment of Acoustical Research\u201d with the goal of developing higher quality instruments. As production grew, King became known for brass and woodwind instruments. From 1917-1918, the HN White Company was the sole provider of saxophones for the US military during World War I. In the 1920\u2019s, King would even become the first US manufacturer of French horns.<\/p>\n
When Henderson died in 1940, control was taken over by Edna White, the first women executive officer in the male dominated music industry. Under her leadership the company flourished. As most company\u2019s production of brass products halted during World War II, Edna was able to secure two major government contracts making radar units and proximity fuses that kept the factories running.<\/p>\n
Coming out of the war, King instruments saw great popularity in the 40\u2019s and 50\u2019s with names like Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, Ziggy Elman, Julian \u201cCannonball\u201d Adderley, and Charlie \u201cThe Bird\u201d Parker. In 1951, the King 3B trombone was introduced and today is still the world\u2019s top selling jazz trombone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u2022King Cleveland Cornet
\n\u2022Model 602
\n\u2022Bb Cornet
\n\u20224.625″ bell diameter
\n\u2022.458″ bore
\n\u2022Manufactured sometime around the year 1945.
\n\u2022Serviced, comes in hard case with mouthpiece<\/p>\n