King Tenor Slide Trombone, used by J. J. Johnson
date: label: date made
content: 1976
name: label: maker
content: King Musical Instruments
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This trombone was made by King Musical Instruments in Eastlake, Ohio in 1976. It is a B-flat tenor slide trombone, serial # 669187 King 3-B Concert model with a solid silver bell. The trombone is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>KING<br>3-B<br>Silver<br>Sonic<br>Concert<br>KING<br>MUSICAL<br>INSTRUMENTS<br>-U.S.A.-<br>To<br> J.J.JOHNSON<br>IN RECOGNITION OF HIS UNIQUE<br>CONTRIBUTIONS TO AMERICAN MUSIC<br>June 26, 1976</p>
label: Description
content: <p>(stamped on the slide):<br>10169</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This trombone was previously owned and played by James Louis Johnson (1924-2001), an American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger. As inspired by Dizzy Gillespie, Johnson was one of the earliest musicians to embrace the bebop style of jazz.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently on loan
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of J. J. Johnson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1994.0358.01
label: accession number
content: 1994.0358
label: catalog number
content: 1994.0358.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Trombone
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 1/2 in x 45 1/2 in x 8 in; x 31.75 cm x 115.57 cm x 20.32 cm