Trumpet Straight Mute, used by Pedro Knight
date: label: manufacturing date
content: 1950s
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This mute was made by Shastock in Cleveland, Ohio, in the 1950s. It is a Micro Whispa model trumpet straight mute made of stone-lined fiberboard with white cover and gold end with holes and cork strip at top. Previously owned and used by Cuban-born musician, Pedro Knight (1921-2007). There is a printed maker’s label:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>A MICRO<br>SHASTOCK<br>MUTE<br>MADE IN<br>U.S.A.<br>PRODUCT</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Cleveland
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Jazz
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Celia Cruz Estate courtesy of the Celia Cruz Legacy Project
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0033.02
label: accession number
content: 2016.0033
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0033.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mute
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fiberboard (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cork (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: stone (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 16.51 cm x 8.89 cm