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Recent Acquisitions at the National Music Museum
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NMM 12000. Lyre-mandolin by Orville Gibson, Kalamazoo, Michigan, ca. 1894. It's an American icon, in part because a lyre-mandolin with a superimposed bust of Orville Gibson (b. 1856-d. 1918) was pictured on labels placed in Gibson guitars and mandolins well into the 20th century. Walter Carter and George Gruhn note in an article about this instrument, published in the October 2006 issue of Vintage Guitar: "Even without the Orville connection, this instrument is one of the most striking and memorable fretted instruments ever created, and its combination of aesthetic design and historical importance is unmatched." Tom and Cindy Lillibridge Fund, 2006. 
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NMM 12352. Guitar by Gibson, Inc., Kalamazoo, 1936. Century Model HG-C (Century of Progress) (14-3/4″). Factory Order Number 458B. Although superficially similar to the L-C model, the HG-C, designed for playing Hawaiian music, is held on one’s lap, with the strings raised above the frets, the notes played by touching the strings with a steel bar. John R. Barmeyer Collection, 2006. |
NMM 10735. Violin by Johann Gottlob Ficker, Neukirchen, Saxony, 1810. A beautiful example, built in the classic Vogtland manner. Currently on exhibit in the Cutler Gallery on the NMM's second floor. Ex colls.: Bernhard Zoebisch, Willy Enders. Kay and André Larson Fund.
NMM 10736. Flugelhorn (bugle à piston) by Louis Müller, Lyon, ca. 1840. Three early Stölzel valves. Joe R. & Joella F. Utley Foundation.
NMM 10737. Straight cornetto by John R. McCann, Sandy, Utah, 2004. Reproduction of cornetto (Musikinstrumentenmuseum, Berlin, No. 662) made for the Utley Collection. Gift of John McCann.
NMM 10738. Guitar by C. F. Martin & Co., Nazareth, Pennsylvania, 1941. D-28 dreadnought, #78845, in pristine condition. Currently on exhibit in the Lillibridge Gallery on the NMM's first floor. John R. Barmeyer Collection, 2004.
NMM 10739. Electric organ by Hammond Organ Company, Chicago, 1962. Model D-152, Serial #1041. Cherry veneer. Two 61-note manuals, preset keys, harmonic drawbars, reverberation unit, Solo Pedal unit, 32 note AGO-approved pedalboard, touch-response percussion control, and built-in PR-40 tone cabinet. Gift of Charles W. Stoll, Omaha.
NMM 10740. Leslie organ speaker by Electro Music, Pasadena, ca. 1962. Model 122R. Gift of Charles W. Stoll.
NMM 10741. Oboe (lower half) by Johann Gottfried Zencker, Leipzig, ca. 1761-1774. Boxwood, two brass keys, SATW. Gift of Michael Cwach, Yankton, SD.
NMM 10742. Clarinet (lower half) by Johann Gottfried Zencker, Leipzig, ca. 1761. Boxwood, three brass keys (one SATW, two SATK), may have had 4-6 keys. Gift of Michael Cwach.
NMM 10743. Clarinet (lower half) by Ignaz Huittl, Graslitz (Kraslice), ca. 1800. Boxwood, three brass keys (one missing), SATW, probably had five keys. Gift of Michael Cwach.
NMM 10744. Clarinet in D (barrel, top, and middle joints) by Höfer, Graslitz, ca. 1800-1825. Boxwood with horn trim, two brass keys (probably had five), SATK. Gift of Michael Cwach.
NMM 10745. Clarinet in D (barrel, top, and middle joints) by Thomas Vokoun, Pisek, ca. 1897-1916. Boxwood with horn trim, two brass keys (probably had five), SATK. Gift of Michael Cwach.
NMM 10746. Clarinet (top joint), Vienna, ca. 1850-1900. Boxwood, three brass keys (probably had six). SATK. Gift of Michael Cwach.
NMM 10747. Clarinet, Bohemia, 19th century. Boxwood, two keys (probably had five). SATK. Gift of Michael Cwach.
NMM 10748-50. Flutes (miscellaneous joints), Vienna, 19th century. Gift of Michael Cwach.
NMM 10751. Mandolin distributed by Wurlitzer, Chicago, ca. 1908-1917. Neapolitan solo mandolin. Gift of Dixie Campbell, Vermillion, in memory of her father, Wilber Durst (d. 2004), Mitchell, SD.
NMM 10752. Snare drum by WFL Drum Co., Chicago, 1941. Played by E. A. Richard in the Aggie Band at Texas A&M in College Station, until he joined the Navy at age 18 and served more than a year in the Pacific Theater. Gift of E. A. Richard, Dallas, Texas.
NMM 10753. Pianaccord (electrified piano accordion) by Diego Gobbi, Piacenza, Italy, for Ernest Bonvicini (1910-1976), Denver, Colorado, the third generation player and owner of Boinvicini Accordions, 3746 Fillmore Street, Denver. Gift of JoEllen Tipton, Vermillion.
NMM 10754. Violin, Markneukirchen or Schönbach, ca. 1880-1930. Repaired by Conrad Heberlein (b. 1878, Markneukirchen) in St. Louis in 1944. Gift of Mrs. Harry C. Hehn, Columbia, Tennessee.
NMM 10755. Fortepiano after Schantz by Tom and Barbara Wolf, The Plains, Virginia, 2004. Five-octaves. Board of Trustees.
NMM 10756-10766. Miscellaneous violins and bows, Germany and USA, ca. 1850-1950. Arne B. Larson Estate.
NMM 10767. Clarinet in E-flat by Buffet Crampon & Cie, Paris, ca. 1887. Played by Raymond E. Peters (1903-1973), child of a struggling plumber in Oakland, California, who played it in the Oakland Boys Band, worked his way through Law School at the U. of California, and became an Associate Judge of the California Supreme Court in 1959. Gift of his daughter, Janet Garrison, Makawao, Maui, Hawaii.
NMM 10768. Guitar by Gibson, Kalamzaoo, ca. 1967. Hummingbird, #117003. Owned and played by June Carter Cash, who posed with it for the cover of TV Guide, September 18-24, 1999. André & Kay Larson Fund.
NMM 10769. Banjo by Gibson, January 2, 1980. RB-250, serial #90020036. Signed on the head: To my Friend / Johnny Cash / Earl Scruggs. Board of Trustees.
NMM 10770. Guitar, by C. F. Martin, Nazareth, 1971. D-28, #291114. Owned and used by Johnny Cash at his farm near Bon Aqua, Tennessee. First Dakota National Bank Fund, Yankton.
NMM 10771. Guitar by Grammer Guitar Co., Nashville, September 15, 1971. G58-M, #4384. Owned and played by Webb Pierce. Ex coll.: Shelby Singleton, Jr. (Sun Records). Arne B. & Jeanne F. Larson Fund; Tony & Bonnie Vinatieri Family Trust.
NMM 10772. Plectrum Guitar by John D'Angelico, New York, February 19, 1937. Excel, #1241. André & Kay Larson Fund.
NMM 10773. Spinet by Charles Haward, London, 1689. Tony & Bonnie Vinatieri Family Trust.
NMM 10774. Grand piano by Clementi & Company (also labeled Collard & Collard, late Clementi, on wrest-plank yoke), London, 1832. Serial #25256. Six octaves, two pedals. Gift of Marilyn Clark, Lawrence, Kansas, in memory of Bunker Clark.
NMM 10775. Square piano by Goulding & D'Almaine, London, ca. 1825. Serial #4719. Six octaves, one pedal. Gift of Marilyn Clark, Lawrence, Kansas, in memory of Bunker Clark.
NMM 10776. Square piano by Chickering & Sons, Boston, ca. 1855. Six octaves. Gift of John Jensen, Los Angeles.
NMM 10777. French horn by Gebrüder Alexander, Mainz, ca. 1950. Model 103 (1909 patent), #1156. Purchased by the donor about 1955 from Gunther Schuller, horn player and composer, who would bring horns back from Mainz and sell them to his students. Gift of Beverly L. Gibbons, Apache Junction, Arizona.
NMM 10778. Pipe organ by David Dutton, Mount Vernon, New Hampshire, ca. 1850. Gift of W. Thomas Edwards, Seattle, in memory of Stephen E. Long.
NMM 10779. Guitar-piano harp (zither) by American Harp Company, Kansas City, 1910. Niagara model. Bought by the donor's mother's family about 1920 in the Orange City, Iowa, area. Gift of Jon Boone, Rapid City, SD.
NMM 10780. Harp guitar (ukelin), ca. 1930. Gift of Jon Boone.
NMM 10781. Melodia zither by Oscar Schmidt, Jersey City, NJ, ca. 1907. Built for the 1907 Exposition at Norfolk, Virginia, to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown. Gift of Jon Boone.
NMM 10782. Natural trumpet by Johann Carl Kodisch, Nürnberg, ca. 1700. Engraved on bell garland: MACHT IOHANN CARL KODISCH NVRNB and the master's mark, ICK and a horse jumping to the right. Ex coll.: Jack and Suzanne Sigler, Ruskin, Florida. Utley Collection, 2004.
