Violin Fine Tuner: Museum Object and Cultural History
Violin Fine Tuner: Object Name: fine tuner. Physical Description: metal (overall material). Measurements: overall: 1/4 in x 1 3/8 in x 3/4 in; .635 cm x 3.4925 cm x 1.905 cm.
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Violin Fine Tuner: Object Name: fine tuner. Physical Description: metal (overall material). Measurements: overall: 1/4 in x 1 3/8 in x 3/4 in; .635 cm x 3.4925 cm x 1.905 cm.

Microphone, used by Graciela: Object Name: microphone. Physical Description: metal (microphone; case material). Physical Description: plastic (case material).

Violin Mute: Object Name: mute. Physical Description: metal (overall material). Measurements: overall: 3/16 in x 1 1/4 in x 1 1/8 in; .47625 cm x 3.175 cm x 2.8575 cm.

Frottoir: Date made: 2001. referenced: Chenier, Clifton. referenced: Chenier, Cleveland.

Slingerland Songster Electric Guitar: Date made: 1939. maker: Slingerland Musical Instrument Manufacturing Company. Object Name: guitar.

Their First Dancing Lesson: date made: 1900. maker: Keystone View Company. Object Name: stereograph.

Music from the Pokémon Animated Television Series: date made: 1999. maker: Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company, Inc.. Object Name: compact disc.

Just a Closer Walk With Thee; Steal Away: recording date: 1949. release date: 1951. recording artist: Foley, Red.

"The Moon Shines on the Moonshine": publishing date: 1920. depicted (sitter): Williams, Bert. publisher: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc..

2-Keyed Oboe: date made: 1967. maker: Marteney, Eugene. maker: Marteney, Eugene R..

Photograph of Grandmaster Flash, NYC, late eighties: Date: late 1980s. Photograph by: Michael Benabib, American, born 1962. Subject of: Grandmaster Flash, American, born 1958.

Miles Davis: Date: 1960s. Created by: Louis H. Draper, American, 1935 - 2002. Subject of: Miles Davis, American, 1926 - 1991.

Untitled: Date: December 15, 2015. Photograph by: Devin Allen, American, born 1989. Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men.
Sweet Memories of Dixie: Date: 1924. Published by: Laurence Jones, 1882 - 1975. Subject of: Piney Woods Country Life School, founded 1909.

Photograph of Bill Hawkins with Billy Ward & His Dominoes: Date: ca. 1954. Photograph by: James A. Joyce, American. Subject of: Bill Hawkins, American, 1909 - 1975.

Revision Path: Episode 107; Dori Tunstall: Date: November 16, 2015. Produced by: Maurice Cherry, American. Interview of: Elizabeth Tunstall, American, born 1972.

Christmas Tree: Object Name: snapshot, color. Physical Description: paper (overall material). Measurements: overall: 5 7/8 in x 4 in; 14.9225 cm x 10.16 cm.

Gautier C/B-Flat/A Cornet: date made: 1900-1925. maker: Lyon & Healy. Object Name: cornet.

ASCAP Plaque, presented to Harry Warren: presentation date: 1959. recipient: Warren, Harry. presenter: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.

The Jazz Party Minneapolis Button: date made: 1987. user: Levin, Floyd. Object Name: button.

Stainer Violin: date made: 1645-1655. maker: Stainer, Jacob. Object Name: violin.

Country Song Roundup, No. 1: publicatioin date: 1949. depicted (sitter): Arnold, Eddy. publisher: American Folk Publications, Inc..

Violin Fine Tuner: Object Name: fine tuner. Physical Description: metal (overall material). Measurements: overall: 1/4 in x 1 3/16 in x 13/16 in; .635 cm x 3.01625 cm x 2.06375 cm.
Floral embroidered purse used by Dinah Washington: Date: 1940s. Created by: Unidentified. Used by: Dinah Washington, American, 1924 - 1963.

Paquito D’Rivera: Date: 2010; printed 2019. Photograph by: Platon, British, born 1968. Subject of: Paquito D'Rivera, Cuban American, born 1947.
Electronic Valve Instrument played by Marshall Allen and the Sun Ra Arkestra: Date: early 1980s. Manufactured by: Crumar. Used by: The Sun Ra Arkestra, American.

Letter to Andy Stroud from Nina Simone: Date: December 1961. Written by: Nina Simone, American, 1933 - 2003. Received by: Andy Stroud, American, died 2012.

Mildred Pitts Walter Oral History Interview: Date: March 1, 2013. Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009. Interview of: Mildred Pitts Walter, born 1922.

Virgil Practice Clavier: date made: 1896. maker: Virgil, Almon K.. Object Name: piano.

Henderson N. White B-Flat Soprano Trumpet: date made: ca 1931. maker: White, Henderson N.. Object Name: trumpet.

Gütter & Sons Guitar: Date made: 1800 - 1850. maker: H. F. Gutter & Sons. Object Name: guitar.

German Concertina: date made: 1830 - 1850. Object Name: concertina. Physical Description: maple (overall material).

Violoncello Bridge: Object Name: bridge. Physical Description: wood (overall material). Measurements: overall: 9/16 in x 4 1/8 in x 4 3/8 in; 1.42875 cm x 10.4775 cm x 11.1125 cm.

Charro Moño - white: date made: ca 1990s. dates used: 1990-2000. Object Name: tie, moño.

You'll Sing a Song and I'll Sing a Song: Date: 1966; reissued 1989. Produced by: Smithsonian Folkways, American, founded 1987. Distributed by: Rounder Records, American, founded 1970.

Photograph of Etta Moten Barnett and a woman in African textiles: Date: ca. 1960. Photograph by: Isaac Sutton, 1923 - 1995. Subject of: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004.

Photographic print of Ol' Dirty Bastard on the set of "Shimmy Shimmy Ya": Date: 1995. Photograph by: Al Pereira, American, born 1963. Subject of: Ol’ Dirty Bastard, American, 1968 - 2004.
Violin played by the enslaved man Jesse Burke: Date: 1850-1860. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Owned by: Jesse Burke, American, 1834 - 1909.

Photograph of Bill “Hawk” Hawkins, Mary Lou Williams, and Paul Breckenridge: Date: 1948-1958. Photograph by: James A. Joyce, American. Subject of: Bill Hawkins, American, 1909 - 1975.

Photograph of Carl Harvey playing Rastacasta electric guitar on stage: Date: 2012-2017. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Carl Harvey, Jamaican Canadian, born 1958.