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- Description
- This box was made by an undetermined maker and place, undetermined date.
- This is a custom-made box for planchettes accessioned with Debain player piano (Cat. #236911)
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- MI.236912.04.12
- catalog number
- 236912.04.12
- accession number
- 44953
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- Description
- This ticket is from a concert given by Jenny Lind on October 18, 1850. The ticket is printed:
- THIS ENTITLES THE BEARER TO A$7.00 SEATAt Mad'lle Jenny Lind's Concert,Friday Evening, October 18, 1850.The Seat will be pointed out by the Ushers.P.T. Barnum
- Johanna Maria “Jenny” Lind (1820-1887) was a Swedish soprano, famously known as the "Swedish Nightingale." She was one of the most highly regarded singers of the 19th century. American showman P. T. Barnum contracted Lind to undertake a concert tour throughout the United States beginning in 1850. Lind terminated her contract with Barnum amicably in 1851 and continued to tour for nearly a year under her own management.
- Advance publicity created such a demand for concert tickets that Barnum sold them at auction. Throughout the tour, popular frenzy for Jenny Lind tickets and merchandise created “Lindomania” raising large sums of money for Lind and Barnum. Lind donated much of her profits to charitable causes.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1850
- referenced
- Lind, Jenny
- Barnum, P. T.
- ID Number
- MI.63.251a
- accession number
- 71118
- catalog number
- 63.251a
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- Description (Brief)
- This award was presented to Barney Bigard from Esquire magazine in 1946. It features a stylized silver-tone statue of a man playing a trumpet, Esquire magazine’s pop-eyed mascot “Esky,” on a black-stained wooden base with an embossed and engraved metal plate. The metal plate is marked:
- Esquire'sAll American BandCLARINET SILVER AWARD,awarded toBARNEY BIGARD,1946
- Esquire is an American men’s magazine founded in 1933. The magazine featured its first jazz awards, All-American Jazz All Stars and All-American Jazz Band, chosen by Esquire’s board of leading jazz artists, critics, and writers, in 1944. The inaugural winners included Billie Holiday, Roy Eldridge, Jack Teagarden, Barney Bigard, Coleman Hawkins, Art Tatum, Al Casey, Oscar Pettiford, and Sidney Catlett.
- The “Esky” mascot was created by African American cartoonist E. Simms Campbell (1906-1971).
- An ad for the Esquire awards appeared in a January 5, 1946 issue of Billboard magazine indicating the list of winners would be in the Esquire February 1946 issue, which sold for 50 cents. Esquire also published a 1946 Jazz book that featured articles, photographs, and biographies of the 1946 winners, which sold for $1.00. Additionally, a concert presented by the winners, and emceed by Orson Welles in New York, would be aired over the entire ABC network.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- presentation date
- 1946
- recipient
- Bigard, Barney
- ID Number
- 2011.0107.01
- accession number
- 2011.0107
- catalog number
- 2011.0107.01
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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 music box disc was made by Mermod Freres, in St. Croix, Switzerland, around 1896-1898. It is Stella Disc #181 - Tannhäuser - "Pilgrims Chorus," by Richard Wagner. This disc is playable in Mermod Freres music box models, #63, #84, #126, #168, and #268, which can accommodate 17-1/4” diameter discs.
- According to the accession correspondence, the music box and accompanying discs were purchased by the donor in Worcester, Massachusetts, July 25. 1901
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1896-1898
- maker
- Mermod Freres
- ID Number
- MI.381443.14
- catalog number
- 381443.14
- accession number
- 159680
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- Description
- This aluminum violin was patented by Alfred Springer of Cincinnati, Ohio and received U.S. Patent number 451,863 in 1891. It is a violin in traditional form with a body of aluminum, bearing etched
- representation of purfling and figure. This violin is made of aluminum ribs joined to aluminum table and back with aluminum pins, plain maple violin neck, pegbox and scroll, and an unvarnished body.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1891
- patent date
- 1891-05-05
- patentee
- Springer, Alfred
- ID Number
- MI.251412
- accession number
- 48889
- catalog number
- 251412
- patent number
- 451,863
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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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- Description
- This violin bow was made by and unknown maker in Germany, about 1880, and sold by the J. Howard Foote Company in New York and Chicago. It is a Viullaume nodel violin bow, with a round Brazilwood stick with celluloid face, full nickel silver lined ebony frog with underslide, plain pearl eyes with nickel silver rings, plain pearl slide, ebony button with two nickel silver rings, and a pearl eye.
- This bow is stamped:
- VUILLAUME A PARIS
- John Howard Foote (1833-1896) was a musical instrument dealer with shops in New York City and Chicago. This instrument listed in an 1880 J. Howard Foote catalog, sold as a Vuillaume model violin bow (#6160), for $21.60 per dozen.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1880
- ID Number
- MI.055700
- catalog number
- 055700
- accession number
- 11535
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1928 - 1932
- maker
- Lyon & Healy
- ID Number
- 1981.0780.01
- catalog number
- 1981.0780.01
- accession number
- 1981.0780
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 2018.3081.098
- catalog number
- 2018.3081.098
- nonaccession number
- 2018.3081
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- Description (Brief)
- This music roll was made by Mills Novelty Company in Chicago, Illinois, about 1922-1925. It is Roll #2550, playable in a Violano Virtuoso player. The tune list for this roll is as follows:
- Roll #2550 - Hand Played Classical Roll9661: Medley of Old Favorites, arr. by J.F. Stelzl, My Old Kentucky Home, The Mocking Bird, Wearin' of the Green, Turkey In the Straw, Comin' Thru the Rye, Old Irish Washerwoman, Annie Laurie, Dixie – Finale9662: Sometine from "Sometime" (song), Friml-Young, copyright 1918, G. Schirmer9663: Somewhere a Voice Is Calling (ballad), A.F. Tate, copyright 1911, Harms, Inc.9665: Every Little Movement from "Madame Sherr" (song), Hauerbach-Hoscher, copyright 1909, M. Witmark
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1922-1925
- maker
- Mills Novelty Company
- ID Number
- MI.73.11
- accession number
- 289515
- catalog number
- 73.11
- maker number
- 2550
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- Description
- This music box disc was made by Regina Music Box Co. in Rahway, New Jersey, about 1899. It is Regina Disc #4344 - "My Dinah," by Sidney L. Perrin. This disc is playable in a Regina Disc Music Box that can accommodate a 27” diameter disc.
- This disc features the following patents:
- U. S. Patent #417649, dated December 17, 1889 by Oskar Paul Lochmann for a music plate for mechanical instruments.
- U. S. Patent #500374, dated June 27, 1893 by Gustav A. Brachhausen and Paul Riessner for a note-plate for music boxes.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- manufacturing date
- ca 1900
- user
- Meggers, Edith R.
- manufacturer
- Regina Music Box Company
- ID Number
- MI.74.12.30
- catalog number
- 74.12.30
- accession number
- 314637
- maker number
- 4344
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 1987.0501.094
- catalog number
- 1987.0501.094
- accession number
- 1987.0501
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- MI.73.36a.757
- catalog number
- 73.36a.757
- accession number
- 304324
- maker number
- 71709
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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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- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 1989.0306.206
- accession number
- 1989.0306
- catalog number
- 1989.0306.206
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- Description
- This kazoo was made by the Kazoo Company, in Buffalo, New York, around 1900 to 1910. It is a trumpet kazoo made of metal. Printed paper instructions are attached to the top of the kazoo. This instrument features U.S. Patent #700986 dated May 27, 1902, by George D. Smith, for improvements in a musical toys or kazoos.
- This kazoo was used by William T. Armstrong (1879-1965), orchestra leader and musician in vaudeville and silent film theaters. Armstrong grew up in South River, New Jersey and began playing drums at the age of 14. He continued his musical career through the mid-1910s, after which, Armstrong began work in banking and finance. This artifact is part of a collection of drums, sound effect instruments, and other percussion instruments used by Armstrong.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1902
- ID Number
- 1984.0335.27
- accession number
- 1984.0335
- catalog number
- 1984.0335.27
- patent number
- 700986
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- Description
- This harmonica was made by M. Hohner in Germany, undetermined date. It is an Unsere Lieblinge model in the key of C, with 24 double holes and 48 reeds. This harmonica has a brown stained wooden comb with metal cover plates attached to the sides with nails. Accessioned with original cardboard box. The harmonica is engraved:
- UNSERELIEBLINGEM.HOHNER
- Location
- Currently not on view
- maker
- Hohner, M.
- ID Number
- 1988.0783.050
- accession number
- 1988.0783
- catalog number
- 1988.0783.050
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 1987.0501.072
- catalog number
- 1987.0501.072
- accession number
- 1987.0501
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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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