Trumpet Staright Mute, used by Pedro Knight
date: label: manufacturing date
content: 1950s
notes: label: Description
content: This mute was made by an unknown maker in the United States, in the 1950s. It is a trumpet straight mute made of aluminum with cork strips at narrow end. Previously owned and used by Cuban-born musician, Pedro Knight (1921-2007).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Jazz
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Celia Cruz Estate courtesy of the Celia Cruz Legacy Project
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0033.03
label: accession number
content: 2016.0033
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0033.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mute
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: aluminum (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cork (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in x 2 1/2 in; 17.78 cm x 6.35 cm