In 010114 MMDigest Al Sefl wrote about the Deagan "Organ Chimes"
at the web site of the Dapper Dans (of Disneyland fame):

> For those who have never heard this sweet sounding instrument,
> a sound bite and history plus related articles are at
> http://www.dapperdans.com/dapperdans/deagan_organ_chimes/d_o_c_Main.htm

For several hours my ISP couldn't find the domain, so finally when it
connected I noted the numerical URL.  See the fascinating article about
the instrument by Bart Hopkin, reprinted from Experimental Musical
Instruments journal, December, 1993, at

http://www.dapperdans.com/dapperdans/deagan_organ_chimes/deoc_emi_article/deoc_emi_article.htm

or, equivalently,

http://63.249.135.235/dapperdans/deagan_organ_chimes/deoc_emi_article/deoc_emi_article.htm

Below is the table of contents and a few short excerpts.

  Deagan Organ Chimes
     By Bart Hopkin
  ~~TABLE OF CONTENTS~~
  Deagan Organ Chimes
  Physical Description
  Origin and History of the Organ Chimes
  Surviving Instruments
  Air Resonance Tuning for Chimes (tells how to build and tune it)

 ... The organ chimes were among the earliest of [Deagan's] innovative
instrument types, bearing U.S. patent dates of 1900 and 1901.

 ... Mr. Fred Dahlinger has come up with newspaper advertisements
placed in the New York Clipper in the years 1896 and 1897 by J.C.
Deagan, featuring something called "Bamboo Chimes."  Here, then, is a
likely candidate for the missing link [with the Indonesian angklung].

 ... The organ chimes remained available from Deagan at least until the
early twenties.

Al Sefl also writes:

 "For those who would like to enquire about the angklung for their
  musical instrument collection, there is a web site in Indonesia
  dealing in the instrument at
  http://www.indiamart.com/foreignexporters/mus_instru.html "

Robbie Rhodes
Etiwanda CA