Conn Valve Trombone, used by William Russo
date: label: date made
content: 1969
name: label: user
content: Russo, William
label: maker
content: CONN
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This trombone was made by Conn in Elkhart, Indiana, in 1969. It is a valve model trombone, serial #M76252. Accessioned with a soft canvas case. This trombone is inscribed:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>CG CONN LTD<br>Victor<br>USA</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This trombone was previously owned and used by William Russo (1928-2003), American composer, arranger, musician, teacher, and founder of the Chicago Jazz Ensemble. Russo composed more than 200 pieces for jazz orchestra. Throughout his career, Russo work included collaborations with Duke Ellington, Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, Stan Kenton, Cannonball Adderley, Yehudi Menuhin, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Carter, Cleo Laine, and Billie Holiday.</p>
place: label: place made
content: United States: Indiana, Elkhart
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
label: Exhibition
content: South Music Lobby
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Camille Davis Russo Blinstrub, Barbara Russo Evans, Alexander W. Russo, and Condee Nast Russo
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.0162.02
label: accession number
content: 2003.0162
label: serial number
content: M76252
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0162.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trombone
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 14 in x 37 in; 25.4 cm x 35.56 cm x 93.98 cm