Trumpet Case, used by Doc Cheatham
date: label: date made
content: 1990s
name: label: maker
content: Yamaha Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This trumpet case was made by Yamaha Corporation, 1990s. It is made of wood, covered with black vinyl and black vinyl trim, metal fittings, and black plush interior. Accessioned with Severinsen-Akright trumpet (2002.0218.01).</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Adolphus Anthony “Doc” Cheatham (1905-1997), first learned to play saxophone as well as trumpet. Early in his career, Cheatham performed with the African American Vaudeville theater in Nashville. Around 1924, Cheatham moved to Chicago where he heard trumpeters King Oliver and Louis Armstrong, both would have a lifelong influence on Cheatham’s playing.</p>
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content: <p>Cheatham performed with several jazz musicians including Benny Carter, Fletcher Henderson, and Benny Goodman throughout the 1930s to the 1960s. In the 1970s, Cheatham worked to improve his playing by recording and listening to himself. After the age of 70, Cheatham’s self-assessment work would result in him receiving his best acclamations and critical reviews.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Trumpets
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Amanda N. Cheatham
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.0218.01.01
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0218.01.01
label: accession number
content: 2002.0218
objectType: label: Object Name
content: case
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: vinyl (overall material)
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content: metal (overall material)
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content: fabric (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 9/16 in x 22 1/2 in x 12 5/8 in; 19.20875 cm x 57.15 cm x 32.0675 cm