Finding Aid for Claude Gordon Personal Papers and Music Instrument Collection, 1888-1992 | The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

By Reed Gallo, Maurice Huck and Scott Schwartz

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Collection Overview

Title: Claude Gordon Personal Papers and Music Instrument Collection, 1888-1992

ID: 12/9/95

Primary Creator: Gordon, Claude (1916-1996)

Extent: 49.0 cubic feet

Arrangement:

The collection is organized in 6 series.

Series 1, Music, ca. 1900 - 1970s (Boxes 1 - 63)

Contains music from the Claude Gordon Big Band, the Gordon Family Orchestra, and other music of personal significance to Claude Gordon. Of particular interest are the arrangements Billy May wrote specifically for the Claude Gordon Big Band and are marked with an *. There was a numbering sequence that has been retained as a means of maintaining the original order. A cross reference between scores and parts is denoted by box and folder inside of the brackets; [ ]. There is an original handwritten Gordon Family Orchestra Program and two Family Orchestra music folders.

Series II, Correspondence, ca. 1920s - 1990s (Boxes 64 - 65)

Contains correspondence with notable trumpet artists, like Frank Kaderabek, and the Selmer Music Company. Correspondence between Herbert L. Clarke, his primary trumpet instructor, can be found in Series IV.

Series III, Claude Gordon Band Records, ca. 1950s - 1990s (Boxes 66 - 67, 82)

Contains Claude Gordon's performance contracts and publicity for the Claude Gordon Big Band. Of importance are announcements of his Educational Material with Carl Fischer. There are two recordings of his big band.

Series IV, Method Books, Lecture Notes and Presentations, Research Notes and Awards, and Music Instruments and Mouthpieces, ca. 1880s - 1990s (Boxes 68 - 84, 95 - 97, and Small Bore Mouthpiece Cases 1 - 2)

Contains Claude Gordon's educational output including the thought behind his method books and their various drafts. There is correspondence between Claude and Herbert L. Clarke, which led to his writing Brass Playing is No Harder Than Deep Breathing. Also contained in this body of material are Claude's personal method books of well-known methodologies and pedagogy. Claude Gordon held an annual trumpet and brass clinic and has kept his notes and video and audio tapes of these years. Claude Gordon also had a large collection of historical cornets and trumpets, and a series of historical mouthpieces. Of primary importance is the Besson prototype. A trumpet enthusiast will also take note of his Getzen trumpet that was primarily used by the Los Angelos studio artists in the 1960's. There is also a Selmer Paris trumpet that originally belonged to Louis Armstrong and then was passed on to Harry James. Claude Gordon also has a large collection of mouthpieces for both cornet and trumpet. A small collection of them have been cut in half, or spliced, so he could learn how they were made and why certain mouthpiece designs are more effective than others.

Series V, Photos, ca. 1920s - 1990s (Boxes 85 - 92)

Contains photos and memories from Claude Gordon's career as an artist of the trumpet and accordion, his education, and autographed photos from celebrities. Important photos include Arturo Sandoval and Frank Kaderabek. There is also a photo of Claude at age 16 playing the accordion in front of 25,000 people. Oversized photos include his big band and the Gordon Family Orchestra.

Series VI, Ephemera, ca. 1900s - 1990s (Boxes 93 - 94)

Contains Claude Gordon's Bible Education Manuscripts and other personal from his career and from his family. Of interest is a radio play written by his mother, Nelley Green.

Date Acquired: 06/19/2004

Subjects: Bands, Brass Instruments, Music - United States, Musical Instrument Collections, Musical Instrument Makers - Europe, Musical Instrument Makers - United States

Formats/Genres: Papers

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Consists of music, correspondence with Herbert L. Clarke and other notable trumpet artists, educational material, publicity and memorabilia, and performance contracts that highlight Claude Gordon's career as a musician and educator. This collection provides us with the original music that was performed through the venues of his career, educational material, and his unique collection of cornets, trumpets, and mouthpieces.

Biographical Note

Claude E. Gordon (1916 - 1996) was born into a family of musicians in Helena, Montana. He became a professional cornetist at the age of eight, a "private music instructor" at fourteen, and the leader of his own eight-piece jazz band by the time he was sixteen. He also was an accomplished accordion player and gave performances on both the cornet and accordion for radio shows in Great Falls, Montana. Claude moved to Los Angeles, California to study cornet with Herbert L. Clarke from 1936 through 1945. Gordon was hired by the May Company in April 1938 to record accordion commercials. Donald Ricardo hired Gordon on May 6, 1938 to play accordion with the NBC Orchestra. In 1939, Claude was cast as the gypsy accordion player in the Universal Studio's motion picture musical, An Old Spanish Custom, later renamed In Rhumba Land. During the 1950s Gordon emerged as one of Hollywood's frequently sought-after jazz trumpet soloists. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, Gordon toured the United States with his orchestra, performing at such venues as Hollywood's Palladium Theater and New York City's Roseland Ballroom. Gordon's big band won the national title of "Best Dance Band" in a 1959 contest sponsored by the American Federation of Musicians.

By the mid-1960s Gordon rededicated his life to teaching, establishing himself as a leading educator of the cornet and trumpet. He taught at several different colleges and universities on America's west coast, and established a summer brass camp for music students of all ages and abilities. He wrote several method books: Systematic Approach to Daily Practice, Daily Trumpet Routines, and Physical Approach to Elementary Brass Playing, among others. It is reasonably safe to say that Herbert L. Clarke strongly influenced Gordon to write Brass Playing is No Harder Than Deep Breathing. Additionally, Gordon edited the Clarke-Gordon Technical Studies for Bass Clef, annotated Arban's Complete Conservatory Method for Trumpet, and created the educational videotape series, The Seven Natural Elements of Brass Playing. Gordon also worked with the Selmer Music Company in the 1980s to develop their "Claude Gordon" model, an instrument that became a "standard" for their modern trumpet design. The "Claude Gordon Method" as his books, video tapes and teachings are referred to, continues to influence new students of brass playing. It will continue to be his legacy.

Subject/Index Terms

Bands
Brass Instruments
Music - United States
Musical Instrument Collections
Musical Instrument Makers - Europe
Musical Instrument Makers - United States

Administrative Information

Repository: The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Acquisition Source: Patricia Gordon, Big Bear Lake, California.

Acquisition Method: Gift

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Music],
[Series 2: Correspondence],
[Series 3: Claude Gordon Band Records, 1950-1996],
[Series 4: Method Books, Lecture Notes and Presentations, Research Notes and Awards, and Music Instruments and Mouthpieces],
[Series 5: Photographs and Scrapbooks],
[Series 6: Ephemera],
[All]

Series 4: Method Books, Lecture Notes and Presentations, Research Notes and Awards, and Music Instruments and Mouthpieces

Box 68

Folder 1: Claude Gordon: 30 Velocity Studies (part 1 of 3), ca. 1981
Folder 2: Claude Gordon: 30 Velocity Studies (part 2 of 3), ca. 1981
Folder 3: Claude Gordon: 30 Velocity Studies (part 3 of 3), 1981
Folder 4: Claude Gordon: Daily Trumpet Routines, 1971
Folder 5: Claude Gordon: Physical Approach to Beginning Trumpet, Undated
Folder 6: Claude Gordon: Physical Approach to Elementary Brass Playing, for Trumpet (part 1 of 4), ca. 1977
Folder 7: Claude Gordon: Physical Approach to Elementary Brass Playing, for Trumpet (part 2 of 4), 1977
Folder 8: Claude Gordon: Physical Approach to Elementary Brass Playing, for Trumpet, Manuscripts (part 3 of 4), ca. 1977
Folder 9: Claude Gordon: Physical Approach to Elementary Brass Playing, for Bass Clef transcribed by David Evans (part 4 of 4), 1978
Folder 10: Claude Gordon: Systematic Approach to Daily Practice Original Manuscripts, ca. 1965
Folder 11: Claude Gordon: Systematic Approach to Daily Practice (part 1 of 5), ca. 1965
Folder 12: Claude Gordon: Systematic Approach to Daily Practice (part 2 of 5), ca. 1965

Box 69

Folder 1: Claude Gordon: Systematic Approach to Daily Practice (part 3 of 5), ca. 1965
Folder 2: Claude Gordon: Systematic Approach to Daily Practice (part 4 of 5), ca. 1965
Folder 3: Claude Gordon: Systematic Approach to Daily Practice (part 5 of 5), ca. 1965
Folder 4: Claude Gordon: Systematic Approach to Daily Practice: Final Draft (part 1 of 3), ca. 1965
Folder 5: Claude Gordon: Systematic Approach to Daily Practice: Final Draft (part 2 of 3), ca. 1965
Folder 6: Claude Gordon: Systematic Approach to Daily Practice: Final Draft (part 3 of 3), ca. 1965
Folder 7: Claude Gordon: Systematic Approach to Daily Practice, ca. 1965
Folder 8: Claude Gordon: Tongue Level Studies for Trumpet (part 1 of 6), ca. 1981
Folder 9: Claude Gordon: Tongue Level Studies for Trumpet (part 2 of 6), ca. 1981
Folder 10: Claude Gordon: Tongue Level Studies for Trumpet (part 3 of 6), ca. 1981
Folder 11: Claude Gordon: Tongue Level Studies for Trumpet (part 4 of 6), ca. 1981
Folder 12: Claude Gordon: Tongue Level Studies for Trumpet (part 5 of 6), ca. 1981
Folder 13: Claude Gordon: Tongue Level Studies for Trumpet (part 6 of 6), ca. 1981

Box 70

Folder 1: Claude Gordon: Brass Playing is No Harder Than Deep Breathing (part 1 of 4), ca. 1981-1987
Folder 2: Claude Gordon: Brass Playing is No Harder Than Deep Breathing (part 2 of 4), ca. 1981-1987
Folder 3: Claude Gordon: Brass Playing is No Harder Than Deep Breathing (part 3 of 4), ca. 1981-1987
Folder 4: Claude Gordon: Brass Playing is No Harder Than Deep Breathing (part 4 of 4), ca. 1987
Folder 5: Claude Gordon: Book Preface (unidentified), Undated
Folder 6: Claude Gordon: Crash Course (part 1 of 3), 1984
Folder 7: Claude Gordon: Crash Course, Revised (part 2 of 3), 1987
Folder 8: Claude Gordon: Crash Course, Revised (part 3 of 3), 1991
Folder 9: Claude Gordon: Daily Trumpet Routines, 1971
Folder 10: Claude Gordon: Daily Trumpet Routines, 1971
Folder 11: Claude Gordon: Intermediate Development for Brass Players, Undated
Folder 12: Claude Gordon: Method for Piccolo Trumpet, Undated
Folder 13: Claude Gordon: Physical Approach to Elementary Brass Playing in Bass Clef (hard-bound), 1978

Box 71

Folder 1: Claude Gordon: Physical Approach; 30 velocity studies; tongue-level exercises (hard-cover), 1977, 1981
Folder 2: Claude Gordon: Systematic Approach to Daily Practice for Trumpet (part 1 of 3), 1968
Folder 3: Claude Gordon: Systematic Approach to Daily Practice for Trumpet (part 2 of 3), 1968
Folder 4: Claude Gordon: Systematic Approach to Daily Practice for Trumpet (part 3 of 3), 1968
Folder 5: Claude Gordon: Systematic Approach to Daily Practice for Trumpet, Notes (part 1 of 2), 1968
Folder 6: Claude Gordon: Systematic Approach to Daily Practice for Trumpet, Notes (part 2 of 2), ca. 1968
Folder 7: Claude Gordon: Systematic Approach to Daily Practice; Daily Trumpet Routines (hard cover), 1965, 1971
Folder 8: Claude Gordon: Tongue Level Exercises, Undated
Folder 9: Claude Gordon: Exercises, Unidentified, Undated
Folder 10: Herbert L. Clarke: Bibliography, Published Books, 1909 - 1929
Folder 11: Herbert L. Clarke: Technical Studies, Edited by Claude Gordon, transcribed for Bass Clef Knevitt, ca. 1976
Folder 12: Herbert L. Clarke: Technical Studies, Edited by Claude Gordon, transcribed for Bass Clef by Knevitt, 1976

Box 72

Folder 1: Herbert L. Clarke: Elementary Studies for Cornet, 1919
Folder 2: Herbert L. Clarke: Technical Studies for the Trumpet, 1933
Folder 3: "How I became a Cornetist", by Herbert L. Clarke, 1934
Folder 4: 1920's: Correspondence, Herbert L. Clarke and Claude Gordon
Folder 5: 1930's: Correspondence, Herbert L. Clarke and Claude Gordon
Folder 6: 1940's: Correspondence, Herbert L. Clarke and Claude Gordon
Folder 7: A Lesson with Herbert L. Clarke, Undated
Folder 8: Articles about Breath Control, Undated and 1984
Folder 9: Articles about the Cornet, 1918, 1921, and 1923
Folder 10: Articles written by Herbert L. Clarke, ca. 1918 - 1923
Folder 11: Information on Sousa and Clarke, ca. early 1900's
Folder 12: Obituary: Herbert L. Clarke, January 30, 1945
Folder 13: Photographs of Herbert L. Clarke, Undated
Folder 14: Recordings of Herbert L. Clarke, ca. 1910 - 1925

Box 73

Folder 1: Herbert L. Clarke: Elementary Studies and Technical Studies for Cornet (part 1 of 2), 1919
Folder 2: Herbert L. Clarke: Elementary Studies and Technical Studies for Cornet (part 2 of 2) 1919
Folder 3: Thiecke, William A.: Studies, Transposed for Trumpet by C. Gordon, Undated
Folder 4: Charlier, Theo: Trente-Six Etudes Transcendantes pour Trompette, Cornet a Pistons ou Bugle, Maxime-Alphonse: "Etudes, Parts 1, 2, and 3", Chavanne: "Etudes Virtuosite and Characeteristiques", ca. 1946, 1920, and 1951
Folder 5: P. Clodomir, 1928
Folder 6: Cornetist's Folio (part 1 of 2), Undated
Folder 7: Cornetist's Folio (part 2 of 2), Undated

Box 74

Folder 1: Gallay, J. F.: Soixante-Treize Etudes (pourTrompettes Ut ou Si b, Cornet a pistons et Saxhorns), Maxime-Alphonse: "Etudes, Parts 1, 2, and 3", Chavanne: "Etudes Virtuosite and Characeteristiques", 1953, 1959, 1912, 1950, 1951, 1955, and 1954
Folder 2: Harris, Aaron: Advanced Studies for Trumpet and Cornet, 1930
Folder 3: Laurent, Rene: Enseignement de la Trompette du Cornet et du Saxhorn, 1946
Folder 4: Levy, Jules and A. Liberate: Cornet Methods, Undated
Folder 5: Liberati: The Cornetists Joy, ca. 1889
Folder 6: Liesering (Bernhoff), Method of Transposition (#66), 1909
Folder 7: Michaelis: Instruction Book, Undated
Folder 8: Perrin, Clement: 33 Etudes Difficiles pour Trompette ou Cornet, 1952
Folder 9: Petit, Alexandre: Etudes et Exercices pour le Cornet a Pistons, Petit: "La Semaine Due Virtuose", Caffatelli: "Etudes", Foveau: "La Petit Trompette", Busser: "Etudes", and Bodet: "Etudes", 1913, 1956, 1952, 1968, and 1948

Box 75

Folder 1: Saint-Jacome`s Cornet Method (Version 1), 1894
Folder 2: Saint-Jacome`s Cornet Method (Version II), 1894
Folder 3: Thiecke, William A.: Original and Transposed, Undated
Folder 4: Vannetelbosch, L. J.: Le Debutant Trompettiste (Trumpet for Beginners), 1969

Box 76

Folder 1: Arban's Method - copyright 1936 (prior to Claude Gordon annotated version), 1894, 1936
Folder 2: Arban's: Method, 1894, 1936
Folder 3: Colin, Charles: 100 Original Warm-Ups, 1962
Folder 4: Colin, Charles: Lip Flexibilities, Vol. 1, 2, and 3, 1972
Folder 5: Cornetist's Joy, Piano, ca. 1930's
Folder 6: Cornetist's Joy, ca. 1930's

Box 77

Folder 1: Eby: Complete Scientific Method for Cornet and Trumpet (Part 1), 1924
Folder 2: Eby: Complete Scientific Method for Cornet and Trumpet (Complete), 1924
Folder 3: Gatti Grand Method, Undated
Folder 4: Harris, Aaron: Advanced Studies for Trumpet and Cornet, 1930
Folder 5: Haynie, John: Development and Maintenance of Techniques for all Brass Instruments in Treble Clef, Undated
Folder 6: Rafael Mendez: Trumpet Solos, ca. 1950's
Folder 7: Rafael Mendez: Trumpet Solos, Piano accompianment, ca. 1930's

Box 78

Folder 1: Nagel, Robert: Speed Studies for Trumpet (Horn or Clarinet), 1965
Folder 3: Theick, William A.: Common Sense (Contains: Del Staigers "Flexibility Studies and Technical Drills" Parts I-II, Walter Smith: "Lip Flexibility", Max Scholssberg: "Daily Drills") , 1928, 1950, 1935, 1937
Folder 4: Williams, Ernest S.: Modern Method for Trumpet of Cornet, 1936
Folder 5: Williams, Ernest S.: The Secret of Technique-Preservation, 1946
Folder 6: Unidentified: The World`s Method, 1887

Box 79

Folder 1: Southwestern Music Conference, August 13-15, 1973
Folder 2: Sixth Annual Southeastern U.S. Concert Band Clinic, 1979
Folder 3: Claude Gordon Brass Camp: Master Copy, Undated
Folder 4: Claude Gordon Summer Camp, 1979
Folder 5: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1981
Folder 6: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1982
Folder 7: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1983
Folder 8: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1984
Folder 9: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1985
Folder 10: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1991
Folder 11: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1992
Folder 12: Claude Gordon Brass Camp Programs, 1992
Folder 13: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1992 - Promotional Flyers
Folder 14: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1992 - Correspondence
Folder 15: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1993
Folder 16: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1994
Folder 17: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1994
Folder 18: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, Undated
Folder 19: Claude Gordon Brass Camp: Teachers` assessment test, Undated
Folder 20: Claude Gordon Brass Camp: Survey, Undated
Folder 21: Claude Gordon Clinic Correspondence, Undated

Box 80

Folder 1: Claude Gordon Notes for Master Classes, Undated
Folder 2: Claude Gordon Video publications, promotional, Undated
Folder 3: Trumpet Clinic, Brigham Young University, 1996
Folder 4: Trumpet Clinic, Correspondence, Undated
Folder 5: Trumpet Clinic, University of Maryland, Undated
Folder 6: Clinic Correspondence and Contract with King, 1977
Folder 7: Clinic Correspondence: Eugene, Oregon, 1978
Folder 8: Clinic Business Records, 1978
Folder 9: School Clinic Correspondence, undated
Folder 10: Claude Gordon`s private students` information, Undated
Folder 11: Claude Gordon Sponsored Collegiate Scholarships, 1984
Folder 12: Published Educational Articles, various dates
Folder 13: Published Article, The School Musician, 1986-87
Folder 14: Educational Insipration, Undated
Folder 15: Honorary Doctorate, La Sierra University, 1992
Folder 16: Honorary Doctorate, La Sierra University, 1992: Publicity
Folder 17: Honorary Doctorate, La Sierra University, Diploma, 1992
Folder 18: Performance Credits, 1938-1940
Folder 19: Performance and Educational Calendar, 1944
Folder 20: Performance and Educational Calendar, 1945
Folder 21: Performance and Educational Calendar, 1946-1947

Box 81

Folder 1: Performance and Education Engagements, 1952-1953
Folder 2: Performance and Educational Records, 1968
Folder 3: Performance and Educational Records (part 1 of 3), Undated
Folder 4: Performance and Educational Records (part 2 of 3), Undated
Folder 5: Performance and Educational Records (part 3 of 3), Undated
Folder 6: Claude Gordon: Playing on Motion Pictures and Television Recording Dates, Paul Witt, Undated
Folder 7: Charles Colin: "Reflections"; "My Rendezvous with the 1940`s". 1989
Folder 8: The Memoirs of Timofei Dokshizer, an Autobiography, and Correspondence, 1975, 1997
Folder 9: Eaton, Dissertation: An Examination of selected Instructional Materials for the Trumpet, 1985

Box 82

Folder 1: Video: Claude Gordon Orchestra, May 23, 1959
Folder 2: Video: Claude Gordon Orchestra, Lawrence Welk Show, April 2, 1960
Folder 3: Video: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1990
Folder 4: Video: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1990
Folder 5: Video: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1990
Folder 6: Video: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1991
Folder 7: Video: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1991
Folder 8: Video: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1991
Folder 9: Video: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1991
Folder 10: Video: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1991
Folder 11: Video: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1991
Folder 12: Video: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1991
Folder 13: Video: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1991
Folder 14: Video: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1991

Box 83

Folder 1: Video: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1991
Folder 2: Video: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1991
Folder 3: Video: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1991 or 1992
Folder 4: Video: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1993
Folder 5: Video: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1993
Folder 6: Video: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1993
Folder 7: Video: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1993
Folder 8: Video: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1993
Folder 9: Video: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1993
Folder 10: Video: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1993
Folder 11: Video: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1993
Folder 12: Video: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1993
Folder 13: Video: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1993
Folder 14: Video: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1993

Box 84

Folder 1: Video: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1993
Folder 2: Video: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1993
Folder 3: Video: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1993
Folder 4: Video: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1993
Folder 5: Video: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1993
Folder 6: Video (8mm): Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1992
Folder 7: Video (8mm): Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1992
Folder 8: Video (8mm): Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1992
Folder 9: Video (8mm): Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1992
Folder 10: Video (8mm): Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1992
Folder 11: Video (8mm): Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1992
Folder 12: Video (8mm): Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1992
Folder 13: Video (8mm): Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1992
Folder 14: Video (8mm): Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1992
Folder 15: Video (8mm): Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1992
Folder 16: Video (8mm): Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1992
Folder 17: Video (8mm): Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1992
Folder 18: Video (8mm): Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1992
Folder 19: Audio: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1980
Folder 20: Audio: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1980
Folder 21: Audio: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1990
Folder 22: Audio: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1990
Folder 23: Audio: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1990
Folder 24: Audio: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1990
Folder 25: Audio: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1990
Folder 26: Audio: Claude Gordon Brass Camp, 1990

Box 95

Item 1: Cornet B-flat: Courtois, Paris, 1922: Accession number: 2004.120995.01
Item 2: Cornet B-flat: King Master, H.N. White, Cleveland, OH, 1918: #50997; Accession number: 2004.120995.02
Item 3: Cornet B-flat: Buescher "Truetone", Elkhart, IN, 1911: #14854; Accession number: 2004.120995.03
Item 4: Cornet B-flat: Selmer, Paris, 1932: #733; Accession number: 2004.120995.04
Item 5: Cornet B-flat: King, H.N. White, Cleveland, OH, 1893: #3375; Accession number: 2004.120995.05
Item 6: Trumpet B-flat/A: Conn "Victor", Elkhart, IN, ca. 1924-1925: #203540; Accession number: 2004.120995.06
Item 7: Cornet B-flat: Besson "London" S, 1888: #42599; Accession number: 2004.120995.07
Item 8: Cornet/Trumpet, B-flat, accessories, undated: Accession number: 2004.120995.08
Item 9: Cornet B-flat: King, H.N. White, Cleveland, OH, 1893: #11658; Accession number: 2004.120995.09
Item 10: Cornet B-flat: Holton, "New Proportion", Chicago, IL, 1912: #14056; Accession number: 2004.120995.10
Item 11: Cornet B-flat: Holton "Clark", Elkhorn, WI, 1916: #57100; Accession number: 2004.120995.11

Box 96

Item 1: Trumpet B-flat: Besson "Meha", undated: Bell and leadpipe only; Accession number: 2004.120995.12
Item 2: Cornet B-flat: Boston "Three Star", Boston, 1915: #19492A; Accession number: 2004.120995.13
Item 3: Cornet B-flat: Conn "New Wonder", undated: #148828; Accession number: 2004.120995.14
Item 4: Trumpet B-flat/A, Couturier, La Porte, IN, 1920: #M4679; Accession number: 2004.120995.15
Item 5: Trumpet B-flat: Selmer Paris, "Claude Gordon Model", Prototype, 1981: #001; Accession number: 2004.120995.16

Box 97

Item 1: Trumpet B-flat: Conn "22B", Elkhart, IN, 1948: #378694; Accession number: 2004.120995.17
Item 2: Trumpet B-flat: Conn "Gustat", Elkhart, IN, 1927: #245614; Accession number: 2004.120995.18
Item 3: Trumpet B-flat: Martin "Committee", Elkart, IN, 1945: #168261; Accession number: 2004.120995.19
Item 4: Trumpet B-flat: Besson, Paris "Meha", 1950: #94070; Accession number: 2004.120995.20
Item 5: Trumpet B-flat: Selmer Paris "Balanced Action", Paris, 1935: #6839; Accession number: 2004.120995.21
Item 6: Trumpet B-flat: Benge "Resno-tempered bell", Burbank, CA, 1960: #10000; Accession number: 2004.120995.22
Item 7: Trumpet B-flat: Conn "Vocabell", Elkhart, IN, 1952: #395256; Accession number: 2004.120995.23

Mouthpiece Box 1

Item 24: Unknown, late 19th c. - early 20th c.: 2004.120995.24
Item 25: Unknown, late 19th c. - early 20th c.: 2004.120995.25
Item 26: Unknown, late 19th c. - early 20th c.: 2004.120995.26
Item 27: Unknown, late 19th c. - early 20th c.: 2004.120995.27
Item 28: Unknown, late 19th c. - early 20th c.: 2004.120995.28
Item 29: Courtois "Breveti": 2004.120995.29
Item 30: Besson #18: 2004.120995.30
Item 31: Conn: 2004.120995.31
Item 32: Conn Wonder: 2004.120995.32
Item 33: Conn Liberati Model #1: 2004.120995.33
Item 34: Levy Model #1 - Keffer: 2004.120995.34
Item 35: "The Only Genuine Levy" Model: 2004.120995.35
Item 36: USA E-Tone: 2004.120995.36
Item 37: Conn #4: 2004.120995.37
Item 63: Conn - Clarke, undated: 2004.120995.47 . Gifted to Claude Gordon by Herbert L. Clarke, contoured mouthpiece.

Mouthpiece Box 2

Item 38: White #8

2004.120995.38

Item 39: White "Equa-Tru" #32 3/4

2004.120995.39

Item 40: White "Equa-Tru" #36 1/2

2004.120995.40

Item 41: King M8

2004.120995.41

Item 42: Holton #1

2004.120995.42

Item 43: King 7M (27)

2004.120995.43

Item 44: Claude's mouthpiece before changing to H.L. Clarke's - Rudy Mock "Cushion Rim 17-C"

2004.120995.63

Item 45: Mock "Cushion Rim 17C"

2004.120995.45

Item 46: Holton "Heim #1" (.44)

2004.120995.46

Item 48: Mehaa

2004.120995.48

Item 49: Del Staigers - White #42

2004.120995.49

Item 50: Claude Gordon personal mouthpiece (his design)

2004.120995.50

Item 51: Schilke #4

Gordon model, which he did not endorse.

2004.120995.51

Item 52: Reeves

2004.120995.52

Item 53: Reeves, "CA"

2004.120995.53

Item 54: Reeves

2004.120995.54

Item 55: Reeves

2004.120995.55

Item 56: Reeves screw-rim

2004.120995.56

Item 57: Giardinelli - New York 3 m

2004.120995.57

Item 58: Jet Tone - Al Hirt #A

2004.120995.58

Item 59: Bach 1 1/4C

2004.120995.59

Item 60: Bush 3D

2004.120995.60

Item 61: Getzen Deluxe ML

2004.120995.61

Item 62: Bach 5C

2004.120995.62

Item 47: Conn-Clarke Mouthpiece

2004.120995.44