Exterior View of the Restored
Wurlitzer Style 3 Paganini Violin Piano
(Nethercutt collection circa 1998)

Exterior view of the Wurlitzer Paganini Violin Piano, Style 3 (Nethercutt collection, circa 1998).

Partially visible to the right of the Wurlitzer Cabinet style Paganini is a keyboard type Philipps Paganini-Geigen (violin)-Piano, Model 3. The keyboard Paganini has essentially the same instrumentation as the larger cabinet style instrument, but the mechanisms are much more compactly arranged. The keyboard model has a single roll mechanism, instead of a roll changer.

Interior view of the bottom section of the Wurlitzer Paganini Violin Piano, Style 3 (Nethercutt collection, circa 1998).

Some of the intricate piano expression controls are to the left of the separate wind-pressure (top) and vacuum (bottom) feeders (pumps). The elaborate main valve chest sits at the rear and on top of the shelf just above the pumps.

Interior view of the roll-changer in the Wurlitzer Paganini Violin Piano, Style 3 (Nethercutt collection, circa 1998).

The piano is visible at the back of the instrument, just behind the roll changer. Just above the roll-changer is the pipe chest, that holds all the violin, viola, and violoncello pipes.

Interior view of the top section of the Wurlitzer Paganini Violin Piano, Style 3 (Nethercutt collection, circa 1998).

The 44-note harmonium is fastened to the casework back panel, just behind the ranks of wood violin, viola, and violoncello pipes.

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