Deagan Friction Harp
date: label: date made
content: ca 1920
name: label: maker
content: J. C. Deagan, Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This friction harp was made by J. C. Deagan, Inc. in Chicago, Illinois, about 1920. It is comprised of a set of 25 tuned aluminum tubes that fit into a wood strip with metal thumb screws to hold the tubes in place. The wood strip is supported by a collapsible metal frame. Accessioned with a pair of tan cotton gloves, a jar of rosin, and wooden storage box.</p>
label: Description (Brief)
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 Wren Ingram
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2008.0098.01
label: accession number
content: 2008.0098
label: catalog number
content: 2008.0098.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: friction harp
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, aluminum (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/8 in x 90 in x 8 1/2 in; 11.1125 cm x 228.6 cm x 21.59 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall in case: 4 1/2 in x 90 1/4 in x 9 in; 11.43 cm x 229.235 cm x 22.86 cm