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Orchestrion "Welte Cottage Style 1"

    Orchestrion "Welte Cottage Style 1"

    Germany, Freiburg

    Circa 1900

    M. Welte & Sohne G.m.b.H.

    Metal, wood, glass, leather, fabric; mechanical work, carpentry, electrical work, veneering, varnishing, wood carving, turning

    250 x 150 x 85 cm

    “S.TROLL (late Geo Baker&Co).”, “GENEVA (Switzerland)”. In the section of the drive mechanism: “PATENT WELTE". On the nameplate of the electric motor: “ALTERNATING CURRENT MOTOR", “MANUFACTURED BY", “The Holtzer Cabot Elec. Co.", “Boston-U.S.A.-Chicago", “TYPE 08 Size Y5 H.P.", “VOLT

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    Orchestrion in a two-part wooden oak case, on a base with carved removable panel with lock on the front panel and base with four round supports. On a profiled cornice with carved decoration, there is a balustrade with finials at the corners. On the case upper part, bordered by turned half-columns, there are two doors with wooden handles and openwork decoration, covered with green fabric from the inner side. A glazed curved panel, behind which metal pipes from the polished tin Zinn register, are visible between them. A set of pipes from the Clarinet register, covered with a carved lid with three columns, two glazed windows, carved ornamentation and a panel with gold-coloured plaque inscribed is in front of it.

    The middle section is closed by two glass arched doors: a single door on the left and a double door with lock on the right. Behind the doors is a cast chassis with a roll tensioning mechanism bearing the inscription ‘PATENT WELTE’ and a winding hole. A drum with a single hammer is on the left, an electric motor is on the right. Opening doors covered with green pleated fabric and fitted with locks are on the case sides.

    The musical mechanism of the orchestrion includes an organ with a set of one hundred and seven metal and wooden pipes – Wien Flöte, Zinn and Clarinette, combined into seven registers, a small drum and a triangle.

    Wien Flöte pipes (also called Wald Flöte) are wooden open piccolo pipes with an inverted round top edge. Zinn pipes are Principal scale pipes made of polished tin. The six pipes at the bass end of this register are wooden. The Clarinette register is located in its own window in front of the Zinn. The drive is electric, connected to the mains by a fabric-covered cord with a two-pole plug labelled ‘110 V’.

    The set includes a handle and key, and comes with 155 paper music rolls.
    Music media is perforated paper roll.

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