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H. N. WHITE KINGS

SERIAL NUMBERS

H. N. WHITE KINGS has the most accurate serial number list to be found and we prove it.
We are constantly documenting incoming information to accurately date
H. N. WHITE KING instruments. Our serial number list is based on Facts, not guess work!

The listed dates (in red) are more
reflective of H. N. White Company
catalog information, H. N. White
company issued Guarantee Bonds,
physical instrument inspection, U. S.
Patent records, and extensive photo
database documentation for the
production years of 1898 through 1965.

176001 - 186000.....1935 -1936
186001 - 200000.....1936 -1937
200001 - 212000.....1937 -1938
212001 - 225000.....1938 -1939
225001 - 239000.....1939 -1940
239001 - 254000.....1940 -1941
254001 - 264000.....1941 -1942
264001 - 267500.....1942 -1945
267501 - 277000.....1945 -1946
277001 - 287000.....1946 -1947
287001 - 296500.....1947 -1948
296501 - 301500.....1948 -1949
301501 - 308000.....1949 -1950
308001 - 316500.....1950 -1951
316501 - 322000.....1951 -1952
322001 - 330000.....1952 -1953
330001 - 337000.....1953 -1954
337001 - 340000.....1954 -1955
340001 - 370000.....1955 -1960
370001 - 440XXX.....1960 -1965

440XXX - 457600.....1965 - 1970
457601 - 511750.....1970 - 1975
511751 - 850975.....1975 - 1980
850976 - 906859.....1981 1982
906860 - 976571.....1983 - 1984
976572 - 999999.....1985 - 1986
100000 - 159464.....1986 - XXXX

This list is updated frequently
as we document serial
numbers and patent
stampings from instruments.

1898 - 1965.... The H. N. WHITE CO.

1965 - 1985.... KING MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

1985 - 2003.... UNITED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

2003 - Present.... CONN- SELMER
(STEINWAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS INC.)

H.N.WHITE CO. INC. serial numbers
ended in the 440,000 range in 1965 when
the company was sold and became KING
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. It should be
noted that the serial number list restarted
again in 1985 at 100,000. All H.N. WHITE
CO. instruments are engraved or stamped
H.N.WHITE, H. N. WHITE CO. or
H. N. WHITE CO. INC.

*It should be noted that, after
Henderson N. White passed away,
several H. N. WHITE company
publications began to list a start date of
1893 for manufacturing instruments.
While Henderson was alive all
publications indicated a manufacture
start date of 1898.

MIGHTY OAKS ARTICLE FROM
WHITE WAY NEWS NO. 11
PAGE ONE SEPTEMBER 1, 1939

This catalog is in my collection. If you have
any White Way News catalogs or King Band
Instrument catalogs you wish to donate or
sell to my collection, please email at
whitewaynews@hnwhitekings.com

H. N . WHITE CO. SERIAL NUMBER LIST FOR CLEVELAND MODEL TRUMPETS AND CORNETS

DATE SERIAL NUMBER
1919 - 1930.................................1 - 10,000
1930 - 1935.................................10,000 - 30,000
1935 - 1940.................................30,000 - 40,000
1940 - 1945.................................40,000 - 45,000
1945 - 1950.................................45,000 - 50,000
1950 - 1955.................................50,000 - 65,000
1955 - 1960.................................65,000 - 100,000
1960 - 1965................................100,000 - 160,000
1965 - 1970................................160,000 - 420,000

THE LAST SKETCH OF THE H. N. WHITE
FACTORY AND SHOWROOM
WHITE WAY NEWS CATALOG # 20..... 1963

Harry James on his H. N. White King Symphony trumpet playing "Two O'Clock Jump".

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ACCORDING TO
BUSINESS AND TAX
RECORDS IN THE CITY
OF CLEVELAND,
HENDERSON N. WHITE
CONDUCTED BUSINESS
IN INSTRUMENT
REPAIR, MUSIC
ENGRAVING AND
PUBLISHING PRIOR TO
1898. THE WHITE WAY
NEWS PUBLICATIONS
LIST H. N. WHITE'S
FIRST PRODUCTION
INSTRUMENT TO BE A
TROMBONE
MANUFACTURED IN
1898. DUE TO THIS
INFORMATION, THIS
SERIAL NUMBER LIST
REFLECTS A START
DATE OF 1898.

More serial numbers at bottom of
this page!

1928

1950

<<<< First
instrument
made in
1898.

001 - 17100............1898 - 1910
17100 - 36000.......1910 - 1923
36000 - 146000.....1923 - 1933
146000 - 176000....1933 - 1935

Click on to enlarge. 1919 King Catalog
article confirming 1898 as start of
instrument production.