King B-Flat Trumpet, used by Dizzy Gillespie
date: label: date made
content: 1977
name: label: owner
content: Gillespie, Dizzy
label: user
content: Gillespie, Dizzy
label: maker
content: King Musical Instruments
notes: label: Description
content: This custom–made "Silver Flair" trumpet belonged to renowned trumpeter, bandleader, and composer John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, a founder of the modern jazz style known as bebop. Renowned for his musical virtuosity and for his impish good humor and wit, Gillespie played this trumpet from the late 1970s to the early 1980s. Its uniquely shaped upturned bell was Gillespie's internationally known trademark.
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Ohio, Eastlake
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
label: Exhibition
content: Entertainment Nation
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Kendrick, Kathleen M. and Peter C. Liebhold. Smithsonian Treasures of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Lorraine Gillespie
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0003.01
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0003.01
label: accession number
content: 1986.0003
label: serial number
content: 673792
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trumpet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: organic material (shell) (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 in x 11 in x 5 in; 43.18 cm x 27.94 cm x 12.7 cm
label: Measurements
content: case: 52.5 cm x 36.6 cm x 16 cm; 20 21/32 in x 14 13/32 in x 6 5/16 in