Trumpet Straight Mute, used by Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros: Museum Object and Cultural History
Trumpet Straight Mute, used by Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros: Object Name: mute. Physical Description: aluminum (overall material). Physical Description: cork (overall material).
The object in the museum catalogue
This mute was made by Tom Crown in Chicago, Illinois, undetermined date. It is a trumpet straight mute with a rounded end made of aluminum with a 3 cork strips at narrow end. Previously owned and used by Cuban trumpeter Alfredo “Chocolate” Armenteros. embossed on the bottom of the mute:
Materials, dates and provenance
- Object Name: mute
- Physical Description: aluminum (overall material)
- Physical Description: cork (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 6 in x 3 1/2 in; 15.24 cm x 8.89 cm
- place made: United States: Illinois, Chicago
- ID Number: 2017.0214.14
- accession number: 2017.0214
- catalog number: 2017.0214.14
- Credit Line: Gift of Alfredo Armenteros
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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