Hupfeld Model III Pan Orchestra
(or Super Pan)
Hupfeld Super Pan Orchestra.

(Photograph from “The Golden Age of Automatic Musical Instruments;" used with permission.)

The Super Pan has Model III instrumentation in a special case resembling the Style III/39 Helios case. This example was originally used in a café in Zeedyk, Amsterdam’s red light district, where it barely fit across one end of the small room!

Interior of Hupfeld Super Pan Orchestra.

Bob Grunow installing the saxophone pipes in the huge Super Pan after we helped move it to its owner’s new home in late 2012.

Roll changers in Hupfeld Super Pan Orchestra.

(Photograph from “The Golden Age of Automatic Musical Instruments;" used with permission.)

When set on continuous play, the mechanism alternates between the two 10-roll changers, providing an entire evening’s worth of music without waiting for rewind time. Photo from The Golden Age of Automatic Musical Instrument, used with permission. All rights reserved.

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