

Sterling silver necks and bells became available. The Zephyr Special was introduced as a deluxe version in 1938, with a changed bore 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. It 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 put itself on the path to being a major player in the saxophone market dominated by Buescher, C. 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.
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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 acquired the Cleveland Musical Instrument Company.

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 rights to the King trademark name for musical instruments are currently owned by Conn-Selmer, Inc., a subsidiary of Steinway Musical Instruments. In 1965 the company was acquired by the Seeburg Corporation of Eastlake, Ohio, and the name changed to King Musical Instruments. White Company, a musical instrument manufacturing company located in Cleveland, Ohio.
