C. Bruno & Son Banjo Ukulele
date: label: date made
content: 1900-1925
name: label: maker
content: C. Bruno & Son
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This banjo ukulele was sold by C. Bruno & Son, Inc. in New York, New York around 1916-1925. The wholesale musical instrument merchandiser was founded in 1834 by Charles Bruno. Charles, Jr. joined his father around 1862 and later served as the company’s president until his death in 1912. There is a medallion on the peghead:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Maxitone<br>BRUNO, N.Y.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>(and stamped on hoop):</p>
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content: <p>PAT. APPL'D FOR</p>
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content: <p>A nationwide enthusiasm for all things Hawaiian was sparked by performances of hula dancing and ukulele playing at the Hawaiian Pavilion during the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. Within months, banjos tuned and played like Hawaiian ukuleles were marketed to capitalize on the growing interest.</p>
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content: <p>In a 1927 advertisement in the Music Trade Review, the Bruno company asserted: “In conscientiously marketing, advancing and promoting the products of the makers, "Bruno" likewise has served the best interests of a great host of retail music dealers throughout the world. And so through this development, the trade slogan "Bruno Means Security" was evolved.”</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Banjos
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Helen Ann Immitti
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0204.01
label: accession number
content: 1982.0204
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0204.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: banjo ukulele
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (part material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (part material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21 in x 7 3/4 in x 2 1/2 in; 53.34 cm x 19.685 cm x 6.35 cm