Drumsticks used by Art Blakey

Vic Firth Company, American, founded 1963 American Art Blakey

1980

Medium: wood
Genre: Drumsticks
Museum: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Styles

drumsticks

Tags

Jazz (Music)Instrumentalists (Musicians)

About

A pair of wooden drumsticks, the last to be used by Art Blakey. The drumsticks are cylindrical with one rounded end and one tapered end with a small bulbous tip. Stamped labels in black read "VIC / FIRTH" and "AMERICAN CLASSIC 5A / USA". One of the sticks is scratched and gouged heavily, with material missing from the tip.

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