Editing Vibraphone (section)

==Manufacturers==
{{further|List of vibraphone manufacturers}}
Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, each manufacturer attracted its own following in various specialties, but the Deagan vibraphones were the models preferred by many of the specialist jazz players. Deagan struck endorsement deals with many of the leading players, including [[Lionel Hampton]] and [[Milt Jackson]]. However, the Deagan company went out of business in the 1980s, and its trademark and patents were purchased by [[Yamaha Corporation|Yamaha]]. Yamaha continues to make percussion instruments based on the Deagan designs.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Strain |first1=James Allen |title=John Calhoun Deagan |url=http://www.pas.org/About/the-society/halloffame/DeaganJC.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130031147/http://www.pas.org/About/the-society/halloffame/DeaganJC.aspx |archive-date=30 January 2016 |access-date=23 January 2016 |website=Hall of Fame |publisher=[[Percussive Arts Society]] |location=Indianapolis, IN}}</ref>

In 1948, the [[Ludwig Drums |Musser Mallet Company]] was founded by [[Clair Omar Musser]], who had been a designer at Deagan. The Musser Mallet Company continues to manufacture vibraphones as part of the [[Ludwig Drums|Ludwig Drum Company]] after their purchase in 1965. The Leedy Manufacturing Company, the original designers of the vibraphone, had already merged with Ludwig Drums in 1929 under [[C. G. Conn]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Schmidt |first=Paul William |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=paQAPZqShHIC |title=History of the Ludwig Drum Company |publisher=Centerstream |year=1991 |isbn=0-931759-49-8 |location=Fullerton, CA |pages=28 |oclc=24811851}}</ref>{{Sfn|Beck|2007|p=402}}