Deagan Roundtop Orchestra Bells
date: label: date made
content: 1919-1921
name: label: manufacturer
content: J. C. Deagan, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>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.</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: Bequest of Edith R. Meggers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.74.10
label: catalog number
content: 74.10
label: accession number
content: 314637
objectType: label: Object Name
content: glockenspiel
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)