Leblanc B-Flat Trumpet, used by Charlie Shavers
date: label: date made
content: 1950-1965
name: label: maker
content: G. Leblanc Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This trumpet was made by Georges Leblanc in Paris, France around 1960 to1965. It is a 770 Conrad Gozzo B-flat trumpet, serial #16674, made of brass with 3 piston valves. This trumpet is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>G.LEBLANC<br>PARIS</p>
label: Description
content: <p>(and on bell):</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Gozzo</p>
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content: <p>autographed model</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This trumpet was previously owned by Charles James “Charlie” Shavers (1920-1971), an American jazz trumpeter, who performed with jazz greats such as, Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday, Sidney Bechet, and Lucky Millinder.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Conrad J. Gozzo (1922–1964) was an American trumpet player. He was a highly respected lead trumpeter and greatly in demand as a studio musician performing with music luminaries as Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Benny Goodman, Woody Herman, Les Brown, Pete Rugolo, and Henry Mancini.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
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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 Blanche Shavers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0479.01
label: accession number
content: 1983.0479
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0479.01
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
label: Measurements
content: trumpet: 4 7/8 in x 6 1/2 in x 19 in; 12.3825 cm x 16.51 cm x 48.26 cm
label: Measurements
content: mouthpiece: 3 7/16 in x 1 1/16 in; 8.73125 cm x 2.69875 cm