 Towards the end of the century his patron became insane, and Eager, for whose support no provision had been made, ran away to Yarmouth, where he proceeded to set up as a teacher of music.Soon afterwards he married Miss Barnby, a lady of good fortune, and in October 1803 was appointed organist to the corporation of Yarmouth on the death of John Roope.In 1814 Johann Bernhard Logier patented his ‘chiroplast,’ an invention for holding the hands in a proper position while playing the pianoforte.