Hi again Leonard - somewhere either on the net or in some literature there is the history of the White/King company. {I will try to locate it} What I seem to recall is the H.N. White founded the company around the turn of the century or soon thereafter. One of his trombone designs earned the designation "King" model. Eventually as new ownership of the company came on board, they changed the name of the whole company to King.
Paxmaha
Leonard & Peggy Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: How did H.N. White fit into the world of horn building? Was it a second line for King? About what years did White make instruments?
Leonard,
Henderson N. White of Cleveland built the first King instrument in the early 1890s, helped by the expertise of trombonist Thomas King. White's double horn would be the first American instrument that was taken seriously as an alternative to imported German horns, and the great Xaver Reiter (who had formerly been engaged in Munich, Bayreuth, Boston, the Met, Baltimore, and N.Y., among other orchestras) became a consultant for the firm in the late 1920s. There's a nice photo of Reiter trying out a King double horn while White watches on (the former is still sporting his Buffalo Bill inspired flowing locks and beard in 1930). You can find the photo reproduced in Norman Schweikert's article on the Reiter bros. in the April 2000 "Instrumentalist." White died in 1940.
Bill Melton Hauset (B) / Sinfonie Orchester Aachen (D)
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