(Photograph courtesy of Durward Center)

Figure 45. Welte 120 Key Concert Orchestrion offered in the 1912 bankruptcy sale of Charles Wahn and Henry Thiess. With heroic dimensions, a height of 13 to 15 feet; a width of 12 ½ feet; and a depth of 6 1/4 feet, this spectacular instrument was offered for sale on July 8th, 1912, at 10:30 a.m. by Charles Shongood, Official Auctioneer of the United States District Court. The auction took place at the sales rooms of M. Welte & Sons, 207 East 49th St., borough of Manhattan, New York City. No further information is known regarding the fate of this orchestrion.