Powell Flute, used by James Moody
date: label: date made
content: 2006
name: label: user
content: Moody, James
label: maker
content: Verne Q. Powell Flutes Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This flute was made by Verne Q. Powell Flutes Inc. in Maynard, Massachusetts, in 2006. It is a Boehm System Signature model flute, serial #SIG-1560, made of sterling silver. The flute is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>[Powell logo]<br>Verne Q. Powell [signature]<br>SIG-1560<br>MADE IN USA</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This flute was previously owned and used by American jazz saxophone and flute player James Moody (1925-2010). He played in the U.S. Army Air Corp segregated band, and after his discharge in 1946, Moody performed with Dizzy Gillespie. Throughout his career, Moody performed and recorded with other jazz musicians, including Milt Jackson, Art Farmer, Dexter Gordon, Max Roach, and Charles Mingus. Moody as leader of his own ensembles, performed and recorded from 1949 until his death in 2010.</p>
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Maynard
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Flutes
label: Exhibition
content: South Music Lobby
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Linda Moody
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0340.02
label: accession number
content: 2016.0340
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0340.02
label: serial number
content: SIG-1560
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flute
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 28 in x 2 in x 1 1/2 in; 71.12 cm x 5.08 cm x 3.81 cm