Foster Reynolds left and made his own company, four years later Henderson White died in Maat the age of 65. White acquired the Cleveland Musiacl instrument company. The Zephyr featured better key design and improved bore. The development of the King 'Saxello,' an innovation to the soprano saxophone, featured a tilted neck and bell, which White felt it improved the tone. White Catalog of Woodwind Instruments lists everything from flutes to bassoons, including both Boehm and Albert system metal clarinets. In 19 all saxophones were made for the government, and they are mark for which branch they were sent to. During World War I the company built another building and began experimenting with designs in woodwinds. In 1916, many horns were made for military bands. The first world war enhanced White's desire to make American made instruments using the supplier Cleveland musical Instrument Company. Reynolds, and started offering woodwinds in 1908, importing saxophones from Evette & Schaeffer (Buffet) marketed as student friendly pricing compared to American made horns. The article goes as far as to say, 'Every professional trombonist in Cleveland bought one.' Henderson White chose the brand King as a symbol of superiority and leadership in 1893. came into being.' with the first King trombone which featured different model bells, bores, and mouthpipe than any horn before it, later developing other brass instruments. After long and painstaking effort the first of the famous line of King band instruments.

Frequently Thomas King went from the theatre to White's shop to the the model trombone in its various stages of development. Described in the 1943 King 50 Years of Achievement in the Band Instrument Industry, 'For many months the two men collaborated, pooling their experience as artist and mechanic. He often hung around the theater acquainting himself with the musicians and looking for repair work.

White started out working for McMilin's Music Store. White Company was founded 1893 in Cleveland, Ohio by Henderson White, an engraver and instrument repairman.

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