Buzz-Wow Trombone Mute
date: label: manufacturing date
content: 1927-1945
name: label: manufacturer
content: Humes & Berg Manufacturing Co., Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: This mute was made by Humes & Berg Manufacturing Co., Inc. in Chicago, Illinois, between 1927-1945. It is a Buzz-Wow trombone mute made of stone-lined fiberboard, with a white exterior. This mute is associated with the Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Jazz
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1992.3195.13
label: catalog number
content: 1992.3195.13
label: nonaccession number
content: 1992.3195
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mute
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fiberboard (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: stone (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cork (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 5 1/2 in; 25.4 cm x 13.97 cm