Deagan Roundtop Orchestra Bells: Museum Object and Cultural History
Deagan Roundtop Orchestra Bells: date made: 1919-1921. manufacturer: J. C. Deagan, Inc.. Object Name: glockenspiel.
The object in the museum catalogue
This glockenspiel was made by J. C. Deagan, Inc. in Chicago, Illinois, around 1919-1921. It is a Deagan Roundtop Orchestra Bells, serial #27028, model #1229, with tuned metal bars with a compass of g1-c4. It is accessioned with the original case and 7 mallets. This glockenspiel by Deagan was considered to be the top of the line model and sold for $65.00.
John Calhoun Deagan (1853-1934), a first generation American of Irish descent, was a musician, inventor, and musical instrument manufacturer. He began making musical instruments in 1898 in St. Louis, Missouri. By 1913, his firm was incorporated in Chicago as J.C. Deagan Bells, Inc., and three years later would become J.C. Deagan, Inc.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1919-1921
- manufacturer: J. C. Deagan, Inc.
- Object Name: glockenspiel
- Physical Description: wood (overall material)
- Physical Description: metal (overall material)
- place made: United States: Illinois, Chicago
- ID Number: MI.74.10
- catalog number: 74.10
- accession number: 314637
- Credit Line: Bequest of Edith R. Meggers
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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