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Metallophone
Trade name:Tubaphone
Maker: J. C. Deagan, Inc.
Date: 1917-1925 ca.
Place Made:Chicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Model: 8312
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.
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
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)
Width (open; max. to min.): 34 in to 14 in (864 mm to 356 mm)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Object number: 01113