King cleveland 606 trombone serial numbers

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The King line's run of success continued after World War II, with highly desired lines of woodwind and brass instruments. Sterling silver necks and bells became available. In 1937 the Zephyr gained a double-socket neck that eliminated the large collar on the body tube at the neck joint and the Zephyr Special was introduced as a deluxe version with a changed bore, improved keytouches for the left hand table, and mother of pearl inlay on all keytouches. White's position as a leading manufacturer of saxophones was firmly established. With improvements to saxophone design embodied by the King Zephyr in 1935, H. The King Saxello was a soprano saxophone with a downward curve near the mouthpiece and a bell curved 90 degrees from the body, for optimal playing position and acoustic qualities. Brazing was also a relatively high cost process. King saxophones had brazed-on tonehole chimneys, which have significant advantages over both the soldered-on and drawn types used by other manufacturers. Conn, and Martin during the interwar years. White became a major player in the saxophone market dominated by Buescher, C.G. White in 1945, making it one of the few companies in America headed by two women. Cathryn was named the Vice-President of H.N.

Ludwig, Jr of the drum-percussion company W.F.L. Edna's daughter, Cathryn White Ludwig, married William F. During World War II, the company received government contracts to assemble radar units and fuses. White, acted as president, and his widow, Edna White, took over as president in 1941. White Company began producing stringed instruments in 1935. Reynolds would later design the extremely successful Ambassador line of brasswind instruments for F. White Company, and founded the rival F.A. In 1935 Foster Reynolds left his position as General Manager of the H.N. White acquired the Cleveland Musical Instrument Company.

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Subsequently, the 'Cleveland' and 'American Standard' brands were used for less expensive instruments marketed to schools and marching bands, while the 'King' brand was reserved for professional grade instruments. White built a plant to manufacture orchestral woodwinds in 1917.

Many of the earliest saxophones supplied by Cleveland Musical Instruments were made for military bands as the United States entered World War I. The First World War interrupted the trade of the Czech instruments, so White sought a domestic supplier in the Cleveland Musical Instrument Company in 1916. Kohlert Company, then located in the Czech province of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. After the import rights for Buffet products were lost to Carl Fischer of New York in 1910, White started importing woodwinds from the V. White sought to expand its offerings to woodwinds starting in 1908, importing Evette & Schaeffer saxophones and clarinets manufactured by the Buffet Crampon Company of France. He worked with White to further develop instruments. Reynolds, a talented brass instrument maker at the J.W. White later designed other brass instrument models, including cornets and baritones. It became the company's first successful model when it was adopted by Al Pinard, then a famous trombone player. White designed a trombone for Thomas King, a local player. White Company' in 1893 by Henderson White, an engraver and instrument repairman. The slide butts up against cork, not a spring (I assume).Дoes anyone know when/where this was made? I also thought of the possibility that someone mix and matched the slide and the bell, but both pieces suggest an 88H model.The company was founded as the 'H.N. Also looks like the Elkhart Conn with the rose brass bell.

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I cannot find a list of Conn serial numbers online with GC in it.

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The serial number is very distinctly NOT GA. The slide has 88h engraved into it, as well as the serial number GC3xxxxx (x's are digits). The newer ones have different art or often say 'artist symphony'. I did not see this style of bell engraving anywhere I looked. The Bell is engraved similarly to the Elkhart model, but instead of 'Elkhart IND USA' it says, 'made in USA', leading me to believe it's a post-Elkhart horn. I cannot for the life of me figure out when it was made. I recently came into possession (cough cough, impulsively bought cough) of a Conn 88H.

King cleveland 606 trombone serial numbers