F. E. Olds and Son B-Flat Trumpet, used by Andrew Blakeney
date: label: date made
content: 1955-1956
name: label: user
content: Blakeney, Andrew
label: maker
content: F. E. Olds
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This trumpet was made by Frank Ellsworth Olds & Son in Fullerton, California around 1955 to 1956. It is a B-flat trumpet, Ambassador model, serial #178587, made of brass with 3 piston valves. This trumpet was previously owned and used by American jazz trumpeter, Andrew Blakeney. This trumpet is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>AMBASSADOR<br>MADE BY<br>F.E. OLDS & SON<br>FULLERTON<br>CALIF.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Andrew “Andy” Blakeney (1898-1992) began playing professionally in Chicago around 1925. He moved to California the next year and would perform and record with several bands including Sonny Clay and Lionel Hampton. In the late 1930s, Blakeney played with Monk McKay’s band in Hawaii and would return to the mainland to perform in California throughout the 1940s to the 1950s. Blakeney’s later years were spent playing with groups including the Young Men of New Orleans and the Eagle Brass Band.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Fullerton
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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 Dennis Levin
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.0215.03
label: accession number
content: 2013.0215
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0215.03
label: serial number
content: 178587
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trumpet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 19 in x 4 3/4 in x 6 in; 48.26 cm x 12.065 cm x 15.24 cm