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- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 1989.0306.012
- accession number
- 1989.0306
- catalog number
- 1989.0306.012
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- Description
- This violin fine tuner was made by an unknown maker, undetermined provenance and date.
- This item was sold by Albert Moglie (b. December 16, 1890, Rome; d. June 9, 1988, Washington DC), instrument maker and restorer, and proprietor of a violin shop in Washington DC for 65 years from 1922 until 1987. At the age of twelve he was apprenticed to Antonio Sgarbi and subsequently worked under Luigi Enbergher, Giuseppe Rossi and Rodolfo Fredi, all of Rome. Following these apprenticeships, Moglie was a student of Hippolyte Sylvestre in Paris and Leandro Bisiach in Milan.
- Albert Moglie came to America at the age of 24 to work for the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, first in Cincinnati and then New York City in 1916. By 1917 he had established his own shop in New York at 1431 Broadway. He moved to Washington DC in 1922.
- Moglie enjoyed a fine reputation in Washington as a violin restorer, and is especially remembered as the caretaker of the Gertrude Clark Whittall Stradivari quartet of instruments at the Library of Congress, an association that began in the 1930s and lasted more than 50 years.
- The Smithsonian, National Museum of American History, Archives Center houses additional information on the life and career of Albert F. Moglie:
- https://sova.si.edu/record/NMAH.AC.0283
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 2018.3081.335
- nonaccession number
- 2018.3081
- catalog number
- 2018.3081.335
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- user
- Hernandez, Horacio
- ID Number
- 2013.0037.40
- accession number
- 2013.0037
- catalog number
- 2013.0037.40
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- MI.71.04
- accession number
- 292528
- catalog number
- 71.04
- maker number
- 67023-H
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- Description
- This trumpet was made by Mieczyslaw Glier in Warsaw, Poland around 1913 to 1932. It is an E-flat natural trumpet made of brass with nickel plate, with two folds. This trumpet is accessioned with a fabric tabard: red with appliqued eagle with crown on one side and on the other, yellow and blue fabric. There is silver fringe around the edges of the tabard and tied around the lower part of the trumpet, a cord of silver and red with four tassels. Both sides are embroidered "1 p.p. LEG." The trumpet is engraved:
- [eagle medallion],br>M. GLIERWARSZAWA
- Mieczyslaw Glier (1886-1979) comes from a family of musical instrument makers beginning with his grandfather Friederich Wilhelm Glier (1812-1899), known as Wilhelm. Friederich Wilhelm was born in Klingenthal and founded his musical instrument company in Warsaw in 1835. Friederich Wilhelm’s three sons, Adolf, Friederich, and Alexander (1849-1912) were also instrument makers in the company. Alexander inherited the company in 1899. Mieczyslaw took over the factory after the death of his father Alexander, and continued to make instruments until 1944 when the factory was destroyed. After WWII, Mieczyslaw was one of the founders of an instrument making guild in Warsaw.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1913 - 1932
- maker
- Glier, Mieczyslaw
- Glier, Mieczyslaw
- ID Number
- MI.038333
- catalog number
- 38333
- accession number
- 114295
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- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 1993.0453.069
- catalog number
- 1993.0453.069
- accession number
- 1993.0453
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- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 1996.0042.54
- catalog number
- 1996.0042.54
- accession number
- 1996.0042
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- MI.73.36a.571
- accession number
- 304324
- catalog number
- 73.36a.571
- maker number
- 3069
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- Description
- This stand was made by Ludwig in Chicago, Illinois, around 1970-1980. It is a cymbal stand, tripod 3-tier straight-style, top tilt section, with plastic wingnuts, and rubber feet. The stand is marked:
- LUDWIG
- This cymbal stand is from a drumset used by Buddy Rich in 1983-1987.
- Bernard "Buddy" Rich (1917-1987) began his professional career as a drummer, tap dancer, and singer with his parents' vaudeville act before the age of two. By the time he was six, "Traps, the Boy Wonder," had performed on Broadway and toured the United States and Australia.
- With the demise of the vaudeville circuit and the popularity of the swing era, Buddy became an orchestra musician. His talents as a drummer landed him a job offer with Joe Marsala's band at the Hickory House in New York City in 1937. This led to a long line of high-profile performances with Bunny Berrigan, Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, and Benny Carter. Buddy's playing style was characterized by phenomenal speed, four-way independence, and an uncanny way of driving a big band.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1970-1980
- user
- Rich, Bernard "Buddy"
- maker
- Ludwig Drum Company
- ID Number
- 1988.0665.06
- accession number
- 1988.0665
- catalog number
- 1988.0665.06
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- Description
- This player piano roll was made by Aeolian Co. in New York, New York. It is Roll #9401 - Intermezzo No. 5 in E minor, Op. 116, by Johannes Brahms.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- manufacturer
- Aeolian Co.
- ID Number
- MI.73.36a.095
- catalog number
- 73.36a.095
- accession number
- 304324
- maker number
- 9401
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- Description
- This player roll was made by QRS DeVry Corp. in Chicago, Illinois, undetermined date. It is for a Playasax player harmonica, roll P-191 “Sweetheart Song.” There is no perforated roll, box only.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- maker
- QRS DeVry Corp.
- ID Number
- 1988.0783.653
- accession number
- 1988.0783
- catalog number
- 1988.0783.653
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- Description
- This plastic zipper storage bag contains brown varnish crystals.
- This object was used by Albert Moglie (b. December 16, 1890, Rome; d. June 9, 1988, Washington DC), instrument maker and restorer, and proprietor of a violin shop in Washington DC for 65 years from 1922 until 1987. At the age of twelve he was apprenticed to Antonio Sgarbi and subsequently worked under Luigi Enbergher, Giuseppe Rossi and Rodolfo Fredi, all of Rome. Following these apprenticeships, Moglie was a student of Hippolyte Sylvestre in Paris and Leandro Bisiach in Milan.
- Albert Moglie came to America at the age of 24 to work for the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, first in Cincinnati and then New York City in 1916. By 1917 he had established his own shop in New York at 1431 Broadway. He moved to Washington DC in 1922.
- Moglie enjoyed a fine reputation in Washington as a violin restorer and is especially remembered as the caretaker of the Gertrude Clark Whittall Stradivari quartet of instruments at the Library of Congress, an association that began in the 1930s and lasted more than 50 years.
- The Smithsonian, National Museum of American History, Archives Center houses additional materials on the life and career of Albert F. Moglie:
- https://sova.si.edu/record/NMAH.AC.0283
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 1987.0501.023
- catalog number
- 1987.0501.023
- accession number
- 1987.0501
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1979
- maker
- Richelieu, C. C.
- ID Number
- 2007.0207.01
- accession number
- 2007.0207
- catalog number
- 2007.0207.01
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- Description (Brief)
- The maker of this piano is unknown, but it is thought to have been made in Germany or Austria in the 1840s. This is a small square piano contained in a work table, which has receptacles in the top of the case for sewing implements. Such multi-purpose instruments illustrate the importance of the piano to the training of women in the 19th century. The piano has a compass of F-f3, Viennese action, white leather on wood core hammers, iron strings, single- and double-strung, wood frame, and a rosewood case.
- Location
- Currently not on view (compartment)
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1840-1860
- ID Number
- 1992.0192.01
- accession number
- 1992.0192
- catalog number
- 1992.0192.01
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1950s
- user
- Bellson, Louis
- ID Number
- 2013.0215.05
- accession number
- 2013.0215
- catalog number
- 2013.0215.05
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- MI.70.22
- accession number
- 290542
- catalog number
- 70.22
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- Description
- This Appalachian dulcimer was made by Jacob Melton in Galax, Virginia, between 1960 and 1965. It is a single-bout dulcimer, with four strings (two melody and two drones), wood nut and bridge, two 4-hole diamond pattern sound holes and two small round sound holes, 4 banjo-style tuners with plastic heads, carved out pegbox, and rounded head with center hole.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1960 - 1965
- maker
- Melton, Jacob
- ID Number
- 1987.0065.01
- catalog number
- 1987.0065.01
- accession number
- 1987.0065
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- Description
- This button is from the Vail Jazz Party in Vail, Colorado. It is made of pink/peach paper with black ink covered with a clear film, on a two-piece metal button with a pin back. These buttons were given to all Jazz Party goers as admission tickets and to simplify the billing for food and beverages. The button is printed:
- VAIL[image of trumpet]214JAZZ
- Dick Gibson, a Denver businessman, sponsored the first Colorado Jazz Party in 1963 as a means to reinvigorate the jazz scene in Colorado. These private gatherings brought together musicians and fans from all over the world in an intimate setting of weekend-long jam sessions. Initially hosted at the Jerome Hotel in Aspen, the Jazz Party became an annual event, moving to the Broadmoor Hotel, a resort located high in the mountains above Colorado Springs, then to Denver. This Jazz Party format has since inspired multiple other jazz parties throughout the United States.
- Floyd Levin (1922-2007) was a Los Angeles textile manufacturer who turned his passion for jazz into a second career as an influential jazz journalist and historian. His numerous reviews, profiles, and articles were published in magazines such as Down Beat, Jazz Journal International, Metronome, and American Rag. He also authored Classic Jazz: A Personal View of the Music and the Musicians. Items in this collection (2011.3086) were acquired from Levin’s attendance at Jazz Festivals, conferences, and other music events.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- user
- Levin, Floyd
- ID Number
- 2011.3086.189
- nonaccession number
- 2011.3086
- catalog number
- 2011.3086.189
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- Description (Brief)
- This viola was made by Howard Needham in Annapolis, Maryland, in 2007. There are two printed labels inside the instrument:
- Dedicated to Albert F. MoglieCommissioned 2007 by J.O. Blachly
- HOWARD NEEDHAMAnnapolis, MD Anno 2007
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 2007
- maker
- Needham, Howard
- ID Number
- 2008.3008.01
- nonaccession number
- 2008.3008
- catalog number
- 2008.3008.01
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 1989.0306.278
- accession number
- 1989.0306
- catalog number
- 1989.0306.278
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