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"Pudgy" trumpet owned by Dizzy Gillespie

after 1968

African American history · place not specified

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A silver trumpet with three mother-of-pearl inlaid valves and bent bell. "PUDGY by DeNicola" is inscribed on the bell.

Catalog date
after 1968
Recorded subjects
African American; Jazz (Music)

Sources & collection details

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — original record ↗

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20

Catalog reference: 2012.172.6a-f

Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

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