King B-Flat Trumpet
date: label: date made
content: 1981
name: label: maker
content: King Musical Instruments, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This trumpet was made by King Musical Instruments, Inc. in Eastlake, Ohio in 1981. It is a B-flat trumpet, serial #863033, made of brass with 3 piston valves with mother-of-pearl buttons. This trumpet is engraved “Harry James” on the bell, and played by him.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Harry Hagg James (1916-1983) began his early career playing with his father’s circus band. By 1935, James joined Ben Pollack’s band and two years later would go on to star with Benny Goodman’s Orchestra. James formed his own orchestra in 1939, which would continue through the early 1980s.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Harry James appeared in several movies from 1937 to 1983, including <i>Swing Fever</i> (1943), <i>Bathing Beauty</i> (1944), and <i>If I’m Lucky</i> (1946).</p>
label: Location
content: Currently on loan
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Eastlake
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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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Tim James
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0057.01
label: accession number
content: 1988.0057
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0057.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trumpet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 in x 5 in x 6 in; 55.88 cm x 12.7 cm x 15.24 cm