How to care for your Cornet/Trumpet: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Instructional pamphlet from the Chicago Musical Instrument Company titled "How to care for your Cornet/Trumpet." The pamphlet consists of two (2) long, narrow pieces of paper folded in half and stapled. The first page has a pink background and features a white graphic of a trumpet with white, gray, and black polka dots coming out of the bell. The shadow of a cornet is atop the trumpet. White text reads: [CHICAGO MUSICAL INSTRUMENT COMPANY / How to care / for your / Cornet/Trumpet]. The booklet includes diagrams of a cornet & trumpet, care instructions, and a fingering chart.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1944-1969
• Created by: Chicago Musical Instruments Company, American, 1920 - 1969
• Owned by: Maxine Sullivan, American, 1911 - 1987
• Type: pamphlets
• Medium: ink or paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 4 × 9 in. (10.2 × 22.9 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Music
• Object number: 2013.46.29.1.4
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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