Powell Flute Case
date: label: date made
content: 2006
name: label: user
content: Moody, James
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This flute case was made by Verne Q. Powell in Maynard, Massachusetts, in 2006. It is made of wood, covered with black-stained leather, with metal fittings, and blue plush interior. There is an outer case made of black vinyl, with two vinyl handles and carrying strap, black plastic zipper closure, and blue velvet lining.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This flute case was previously owned and used by American jazz saxophone and flute player James Moody (1925-2010). He played in the U.S. Army Air Corp segregated band, and after his discharge in 1946, Moody performed with Dizzy Gillespie. Throughout his career, Moody performed and recorded with other jazz musicians, including Milt Jackson, Art Farmer, Dexter Gordon, Max Roach, and Charles Mingus. Moody as leader of his own ensembles, performed and recorded from 1949 until his death in 2010.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Maynard
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Flutes
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Linda Moody
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0340.02.01
label: accession number
content: 2016.0340
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0340.02.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: case
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: vinyl (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall (inner case): 2 1/4 in x 17 in x 3 3/4 in; 5.715 cm x 43.18 cm x 9.525 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall (out case): 3 1/4 in x 18 in x 5 in; 8.255 cm x 45.72 cm x 12.7 cm