Leblanc B-Flat Trumpet, used by Charlie Spivak
date: label: date made
content: 1960-1970
name: label: maker
content: Leblanc, Georges
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This trumpet was made by Georges Leblanc in Paris, France around 1960-1970. It is a B-flat trumpet, serial #29228, made of brass with 3 piston valves. This trumpet was previously owned and used by American jazz trumpeter and bandleader Charlie Spivak. This trumpet is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>G.LEBLANC<br>PARIS</p>
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content: <p>and</>
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content: <p>Charlie Spivak</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Trumpeter and bandleader, Charlie Spivak (1905 or 1907-1982) grew up in New Haven, Connecticut and learned to play trumpet at 10 years old. In his professional career, Spivak played with a number of big bands including, Ben Pollack, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, and Glen Miller. Spivak led his own band from 1939 to 1959 and continued to play and record until his death in 1982.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
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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
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content: Jazz
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Joel A. Spivak
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1992.0518.01
label: accession number
content: 1992.0518
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0518.01
label: serial number
content: 29228
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trumpet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 19 in x 5 in x 6 1/2 in; 48.26 cm x 12.7 cm x 16.51 cm