Trombone case, with accessories
name: label: maker
content: Humes & Berg Manufacturing Co., Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: This bag was made by Humes & Berg Manufacturing, Company in East, Chicago, Illinois, undetermined date. It is a Tuxedo style instrument bag, made of black nylon with interior padding, and black metal zippers, and includes 2 metal music lyres, a container of slide grease, an instruction sheet, and a bottle of key oil. It was accessioned with Conn trombone (Cat #2003.0162.02). There is an embroidered patch on the front of the bag:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>TUXEDO<br>BAGS by<br>HUMES & BERG MFG. CO., INC</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This trombone case was previously owned and used by William Russo (1928-2003), American composer, arranger, musician, teacher, and founder of the Chicago Jazz Ensemble. Russo composed more than 200 pieces for jazz orchestra. Throughout his career, Russo work included collaborations with Duke Ellington, Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, Stan Kenton, Cannonball Adderley, Yehudi Menuhin, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Carter, Cleo Laine, and Billie Holiday.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Indiana, East Chicago
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Camille Davis Russo Blinstrub, Barbara Russo Evans, Alexander W. Russo, and Condee Nast Russo
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.0162.02.01
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0162.02.01
label: accession number
content: 2003.0162
objectType: label: Object Name
content: case with accessories
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: nylon (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 7/8 in x 38 in x 16 in; 27.6225 cm x 96.52 cm x 40.64 cm