Trombone Cup Mute: Museum Object and Cultural History
Trombone Cup 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 and Berg Manufacturing Company, Inc. in East Chicago, Indiana, between 1927-1945. It is trombone cup mute made of stone-lined cardboard with cork strips on the side. 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: cardboard (overall material)
- Physical Description: stone (overall material)
- Physical Description: cork (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 11 1/2 in x 6 3/4 in; 29.21 cm x 17.145 cm
- place made: United States: Indiana, East Chicago
- ID Number: 1992.3195.01
- catalog number: 1992.3195.01
- nonaccession number: 1992.3195
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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