Deagan Marimba
date: label: date made
content: 1919-1925
name: label: manufacturer
content: J. C. Deagan, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This marimba was made by J. C. Deagan, Inc. in Chicago, Illinois, around 1919-1925. It is marimba model #352 with Nagaed wood bars, with a compass of F-c4, and brass pipes. The stand is made of oak with nickel-plated metal legs. The lowest wood bar is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>DEAGAN<br>No 352<br>MARIMBA</p>
label: Description
content: <p>There is a label on the oak frame with a listing of 35 patents attributed to Deagan, dating from 1899 to 1919.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>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.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Percussion
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Virginia Reeder Christensen
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.77.21
label: accession number
content: 1978.0471
label: catalog number
content: 77.21
objectType: label: Object Name
content: marimba
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: bottom keyboard: 21 in x 17 1/8 in x 56 1/2 in; 53.34 cm x 43.4975 cm x 143.51 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: top keyboard: 20 1/2 in x 16 3/4 in x 56 in; 52.07 cm x 42.545 cm x 142.24 cm