Buzz-Wow Trombone Mute: Museum Object and Cultural History
Buzz-Wow Trombone Mute: manufacturing date: 1927-1945. manufacturer: Humes & Berg Manufacturing Co., Inc.. Object Name: mute.
The object in the museum catalogue
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.
Materials, dates and provenance
- manufacturing date: 1927-1945
- manufacturer: Humes & Berg Manufacturing Co., Inc.
- Object Name: mute
- Physical Description: fiberboard (overall material)
- Physical Description: stone (overall material)
- Physical Description: metal (overall material)
- Physical Description: cork (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 10 in x 5 1/2 in; 25.4 cm x 13.97 cm
- place made: United States: Illinois, Chicago
- ID Number: 1992.3195.13
- catalog number: 1992.3195.13
- nonaccession number: 1992.3195
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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