Alan Abel
- Category : 1928-births
- Type : MGP
- Profile : 4/6 - Opportunistic / Role Model
- Definition : Single
- Incarnation Cross : RAX Consciousness 4
Biography
American percussionist, music teacher and inventor of musical instruments, particularly the "Alan Abel Triangle" and the "suspended" bass drum stand, a drum stand that allows the bass drum to be suspended and swivelled. Both of these instruments have since been in use by many professional classical musicians and most American symphonic orchestras.
A graduate of the Eastman School of Music, he performed with various orchestras, most notably for 38 years with the Philadelphia Orchestra from 1959 to 1997.
In addition to his musical career, Abel was a teacher at Rutgers University, Rowan University, and Temple University, at the latter since 1972.
In 1998 he was inducted into the Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame. Alan Abel died at Lankenau Medical Center in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania at 3:05 AM on 25 April 2020 at age 91 from complications from COVID-19.