General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

8

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

aluminum bars/ synthetic base [carrying case] with metal trim, feet and hardware/ synthetic control panel and button/ synthetic and metal control knobs/ synthetic? cord/ wood frame

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

118.0 cm

Width

80.7 cm

Height

13.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Music

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Deagan

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Illinois

City

Chicago

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1970 +

Canada

Part of a collection of electronic equipment for musical composition, performance and recording owned and used by Canadian Paul Hoffert, composer, musician, author, researcher, entrepreneur and arts administrator. American born, he came to Canada as a child and his career has encompassed many areas of the Canadian music business, including working as a jazz pianist, CBC music director and performer, educator, manufacturer of stereo equipment, music producer, and film composer. In the late 1960s he worked for a short time as a researcher in Hugh LeCaine's electronic music lab at NRC, where he wrote a computer program for music analysis and developed a solid-body electric violin. In 1968 Hoffert and rock drummer Skip Prokop, formed the very successful jazz-rock band Lighthouse (1969-1974, 1982, 1993-present), which earned one platinum record and four gold records and received three Juno awards between 1971 and 1973 In 1977 Hoffert received a Canadian Film Award (later known as a Genie) for best original musical score for the movie "Outrageous!". He also headed the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, the Guild of Canadian Film and Television Composers,and the Ontario Council for the Art. In 1995 he was inducted into the Canadian Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2009 he was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada.

Function

An instrument used to produce musical tones by converting the vibration of tuned metal bars into an electrical signal.

Technical

The Hoffert collection consists of approximately 25 pieces of electronic equipment for musical composition, performance and recording. These range from iconic keyboard instruments of the 1970s, to a variety of digital devices from the 1980s, to computer software from the early 1990s. These were used either for stage performances, especially during his years in the jazz rock band Lighthouse, or for work in his home studio. The vibraphone is a percussion instrument consisting of 36 tuned metal bars that are struck with mallets. This is the first production unit or a pre-production prototype of the Deagan 515 ElectraVibe. Paul Hoffert began using this with Lighthouse in 1970. Unlike the prototype [2005.0097], this version incorporates its own amplifier. John Calhoun Deagan began manufacturing tuned bells in 1880 and over the course of his career developed a wide variety of tuned percussion instruments. Deagan glockenspiels and chimes are stilled marketed by Yamaha.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

incised lettering on bars reads 'J.C. DEAGAN, INC./ CHICAGO/ MADE IN U.S.A.' and 'DEAGAN/ No 515/ ELECTRAVIBE'/ black lettering on control panel for control functions and reading 'DEAGAN'

Missing

unknown

Finish

grey metal bars/ textured black synthetic base [carrying case] with metallic and black trim, metallic feet and parts/ grey control panel and button/ black synthetic and plated metal control knobs/ black cord/ black painted wood frame

Decoration

metallic and black trim on case