Trombone Mouthpiece
date: label: date made
content: 1980s
name: label: user
content: Russo, William
label: maker
content: Remington
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This mouthpiece was made by Remington in the 1980s. It is a trombone mouthpiece with removable plastic covered plug. Stamped on mouthpiece:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>REMINGTON</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This mouthpiece was previously owned and used by William Russo (1928-2003), American composer, arranger, musician, teacher, and founder of the Chicago Jazz Ensemble. Russo composed more than 200 pieces for jazz orchestra. Throughout his career, Russo work included collaborations with Duke Ellington, Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, Stan Kenton, Cannonball Adderley, Yehudi Menuhin, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Carter, Cleo Laine, and Billie Holiday.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Camille Davis Russo Blinstrub, Barbara Russo Evans, Alexander W. Russo, and Condee Nast Russo
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.0162.11
label: accession number
content: 2003.0162
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mouthpiece
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: mouthpiece: 3 11/16 in x 1 9/16 in; 9.36625 cm x 3.96875 cm
label: Measurements
content: box: 2 1/8 in x 3 13/16 in x 2 3/8 in; 5.3975 cm x 9.68375 cm x 6.0325 cm