Museum object · musical instruments
"Pudgy" trumpet owned by Dizzy Gillespie
after 1968
African American history · place not specified
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)
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Sources & collection details
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — original record ↗
Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: 2012.172.6a-f
Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection