Calicchio B-Flat Trumpet
date: label: date made
content: 1954-1956
name: label: maker
content: Calicchio, Dominic
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This trumpet was made by Dominic Calicchio in Los Angeles, California around 1954 to 1956. It is a B-flat trumpet, serial #1520, made of brass with 3 piston valves. This trumpet is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>D. CALICCHIO<br>LOS ANGELES, CALIF.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Dominic Calicchio (1901-1979) was born in Italy and emigrated to the United States in the 1920s. Calicchio learned his trade at the Rudy Muck brass factory in New York and in 1947, moved to California to make trumpets. During his career, Calicchio made almost two thousand trumpets.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>In 1973, a documentary <i>The Last Trumpet Maker</i>, featuring the career of Dominic Calicchio, was made by K. H. Dempwolf, S. Marc Tapper, and Donald C. Fergus.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Los Angeles
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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 Bruce Douglas
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0798.01
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0798.01
label: accession number
content: 1986.0798
label: serial number
content: 1520
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trumpet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: trumpet: 4 3/4 in x 5 3/4 in x 19 1/16 in; 12.065 cm x 14.605 cm x 48.41875 cm
label: Measurements
content: mouthpiece: 3 1/2 in x 1 1/16 in; 8.89 cm x 2.69875 cm