Solo Melodie Violin Pipework in the
Pianella Monstre Paganini Orchestrion
The center solo Melodie Violin section is made up of 11-ranks of pipes
enclosed in a swell box. Swell shutters at the enclosure's top
are then opened and closed by a sophisticated mechanism,
inducing variations in the volume of the music. The mechanism
that produces the tremolo (vibrato) effect for the Melodie
Violin pipework is fastened to the back side of the swell box,
and is not visible in this photograph. |
Solo Melodie Violin pipework
405 pipes total (front to
back)
- 39 Piccolos (wood flute pipes with
nodule hole)
- 39 Violins (2nd violin -- wood
violin pipes with brass freins)
- 39 Clarinets (reed pipes with wooden
boot and cylindrical cardboard resonators)
- 39 Trumpets (reed pipes with metal
boot and tapered metal resonators)
- 39 Violins (soft -- wood violin pipes
with brass freins)
- 27 Flageoletts (wood violin pipes with
nodule hole and brass freins)
- 39 Violins (soft -- wood violin pipes
with brass freins)
- 39 Violins (1st rank, loud, celeste
tuning -- wood violin pipes with brass freins)
- 39 Violins (2nd rank, loud, celeste
tuning -- wood violin pipes with brass freins)
- 27 Flutes (wooden open flute pipes)
- 39 Violoncello (large wood violin
pipes with wood rollers)
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