The company was founded by John Calhoun Deagan (1853–1934), a professional clarinetist, in 1880. The J. C. Deagan company originally headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, until it moved to Chicago, Illinois, in the early 20th century. Deagan was unsatisfied with the intonation of the glockenspiels used in theater orchestras, with which he had performed. He experimented with the instrument's acoustics and tuning, and developed the first "scientifically tuned" glockenspiel. On the Sensations of Tone by German physician and physicist Hermann von Helmholtz was a strong influence on Deagan's advances.[5] The company remained in the control of Deagan's descendants for two generations beyond.
In 1975 the tower chime and carillon division was sold to Verdin.[6]
In 1977 the remainder of the Deagan company (instruments and mallets) was sold to Slingerland Drum Company, which added the Deagan instruments to its products.[7][8] Slingerland then sold the Deagan company to the "Sanlar Corporation", a corporation set up by Slingerland accountant Larry Gasp and his wife Sandra, in 1984.[8][5][9][10] Upon Sanlar's bankruptcy in 1986, the Deagan mark and assets were sold to Yamaha.[10][11]
LegacyEdit
Former headquarters of J.C. Deagan, Inc., photographed in 2007
A 25 tubular bell set by Deagan is still in daily use at St. John Cantius Church of Chicago, using its original player rolls. It was originally at Laureldale Cemetery in Reading, Pennsylvania and relocated to St. John Cantius in 1999.[12]
The 97-bell carillon at the Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park has the most bells of any tubular-bell carillon. It was installed there during the summer of 1958, after first having been installed (with 75 bells) in the Florida exhibit building of the 1939 World's Fair.[13] Deagan craftsmen required more than a year to build the huge set of bells, perhaps the greatest single manufacturing project in the firm’s 78-year history.[14]
^Dahlinger, Jr., Fred (October 2004). "Ringing and Ringling; Showmens' Bells, Chimes and Related Novelty Musical Instruments Part II" (PDF). Carousel Organ (21): 16.
deagan, former, musical, instrument, manufacturing, company, that, developed, produced, instruments, from, late, 19th, 20th, century, founded, 1880, john, calhoun, deagan, initially, manufactured, glockenspiels, noted, development, xylophone, vibraharp, organ,. J C Deagan Inc is a former musical instrument manufacturing company that developed and produced instruments from the late 19th to mid 20th century It was founded in 1880 by John Calhoun Deagan and initially manufactured glockenspiels It was noted for its development of the xylophone vibraharp organ chimes aluminum chimes aluminum harp Swiss handbells the marimba orchestra bells and marimbaphone Church bells were revolutionized by Deagan through his design of tubular bells and the NBC chimes were his creation 1 J C Deagan Inc Two vibraharps displayed at Century Mallet in Chicago IllinoisFormerlyList J C Deagan Musical Bells Inc 1880 1894 J C Deagan Musical Bells 1894 1916 J C Deagan Musical Bells Inc 1916 19 J C Deagan Inc 1916 77 J C Deagan Div Slingerland Drum Co 1977 84 TypePrivate 1880 1977 Brand 1977 present IndustryMusical instrumentsFounded1880FounderJohn Calhoun DeaganHeadquarters1770 W Berteau Avenue Chicago Illinois United StatesParentSlingerland 1977 84 Yamaha Corporation 1984 present Its former headquarters the tower of which still bears the company name is a landmark in the Ravenswood neighborhood of Chicago Illinois 2 Since 1984 Deagan is a brand owned by Yamaha which distributes and sells products with the Deagan name 3 4 Contents 1 History 2 Legacy 3 Notable employees 4 References 5 External linksHistory EditThe company was founded by John Calhoun Deagan 1853 1934 a professional clarinetist in 1880 The J C Deagan company originally headquartered in St Louis Missouri until it moved to Chicago Illinois in the early 20th century Deagan was unsatisfied with the intonation of the glockenspiels used in theater orchestras with which he had performed He experimented with the instrument s acoustics and tuning and developed the first scientifically tuned glockenspiel On the Sensations of Tone by German physician and physicist Hermann von Helmholtz was a strong influence on Deagan s advances 5 The company remained in the control of Deagan s descendants for two generations beyond In 1975 the tower chime and carillon division was sold to Verdin 6 In 1977 the remainder of the Deagan company instruments and mallets was sold to Slingerland Drum Company which added the Deagan instruments to its products 7 8 Slingerland then sold the Deagan company to the Sanlar Corporation a corporation set up by Slingerland accountant Larry Gasp and his wife Sandra in 1984 8 5 9 10 Upon Sanlar s bankruptcy in 1986 the Deagan mark and assets were sold to Yamaha 10 11 Legacy Edit Former headquarters of J C Deagan Inc photographed in 2007A 25 tubular bell set by Deagan is still in daily use at St John Cantius Church of Chicago using its original player rolls It was originally at Laureldale Cemetery in Reading Pennsylvania and relocated to St John Cantius in 1999 12 The 97 bell carillon at the Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park has the most bells of any tubular bell carillon It was installed there during the summer of 1958 after first having been installed with 75 bells in the Florida exhibit building of the 1939 World s Fair 13 Deagan craftsmen required more than a year to build the huge set of bells perhaps the greatest single manufacturing project in the firm s 78 year history 14 Notable employees EditClair Omar Musser engineer conductor and marimba virtuoso Henry Schluter inventor of the vibraharpReferences Edit The National Cyclopedia of American Biography pp 391 392 Archived from the original on 2016 04 22 Retrieved 2015 05 31 Progress Building AKA The Deagan Building Ravenswood Lake View Historical Association Yamaha DC 9160B Deagan Chimes on Cosmo Music of Canada Yamaha DG1590B Deagan Bell on Yamaha Music London a b Hall of Fame John Calhoun Deagan by James A Strain on the Percussive Arts Society archive 4 Mar 2016 About The Verdin Company Retrieved 2022 11 17 1979 Slingerland catalog a b Deegan Archive on The Mallet Shop Samuels Rich The J C Deagan Company of Chicago richsamuels com Retrieved 2016 01 09 a b The Slingerland Book by Rob Cook Dahlinger Jr Fred October 2004 Ringing and Ringling Showmens Bells Chimes and Related Novelty Musical Instruments Part II PDF Carousel Organ 21 16 Laureldale Cemetery amp Rhoads Memorials Reading PA www laureldalecemeteryrhoadsmemorials org Retrieved 2020 09 06 Big Carillon for Fair to be Built by Deagan PDF The Diapason 30 2 2 January 1 1939 Stephen Foster CSO Carillon www stephenfostercso org Retrieved 2020 09 06 External links EditThe Deagan Resource historical reference catalog of Deagan instruments 41 57 28 N 87 40 24 W 41 9578964 N 87 6733299 W 41 9578964 87 6733299 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title J C Deagan Inc amp oldid 1159856052, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
