J.C.Deagan / Model #870 Xylophone Frame And Resonators / 1916 / Drum
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One of the most recognizable names in the field of mallet percussion is the namesake of the J. C. Deagan Company, John Calhoun Deagan. Trained as a concert clarinetist, Deagan's dissatisfaction with the intonation of the glockenspiels used in theater orchestras with which he performed led him to experiment with the acoustics and tuning of the instrument. As a result of these experiments and his study of the German physicist Hermann Helmholtz's doctrine on acoustics, On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music (1862), Deagan developed the first scientifically tuned glockenspiel. This was the beginning of a career that has affected every musician and percussionist for the past 120 years.
The two pieces I have are frames from a 1916 J.C. Deagan Xylophone. I only have the 2 frames with the resonators, no keys or mallets or stands. They are in remarkably good condition, no major scratches or cracks. Definitely plan on some restoration work though. They are almost 90 years old. Really great pieces for a collector. Please contact if interested. Accepting all reasonable offers for these pieces.
