This late style Paganini Geigen (Violin)
Orchestrion is the only known surviving example of an original
large Philipps Pianella Paganini Orchestrion. It is an
orchestrion in the fullest sense, with an expression piano, a
wide range of orchestral pipe voices (in addition to the violin
toned pipes common to all Paganini type instruments) and
extensive trapwork (drums, bells, et cetera).
Wurlitzer is known to have imported (from photographic evidence)
at least several very large Paganini Orchestrions, as well as
many of the relatively small Modell 3 or less instruments. Only
one Wurlitzer Paganini instrument remains today, a style 3
Violin Piano, that is described and illustrated elsewhere in
this web site. |
This view, with the side access doors open
and the bottom panel removed, reveals some of the trapwork
section at the far left. Below, the large vacuum and
wind-pressure feeder system sits at the bottom of the big
machine. In the middle is the 10-station roll-changer. To the
left of the roll changer the bottom part of the xylophone action
is visible, and to the right of the roll-changer the orchestra
bell action can be seen. |