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Metallophone
Metallophone
Metallophone

Metallophone

Date1917-1925 ca.
Place MadeChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Model8312
Serial No.none
SignedOn A tube: J. C. DEAGAN / CHICAGO / PATENTED
MarkingsOn A tube: A=440

On a metal box on frame: DEAGAN (monkey in a chair) PATENTS / TRADE MARK REG U.S. PAT OFF / [list of patents, ranging from March 1900 through February 1917] / OTHER PATS PENDING / J. C. DEAGAN MUSICAL BELLS INC. / CHICAGO U.S.A.

Note indications stamped into all tubes.
DescriptionTubular bells with 20 metal tubes. No resonators.
Range: two 1/2 octaves (G-C)
Pitch: A=440
DimensionsLength: 27-1/2 in (699 mm)
Width (open; max. to min.): 34 in to 14 in (864 mm to 356 mm)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01113
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