Wurlitzer Style 40
Mandolin PianOrchestra
Philipps Pianella Model 40 (Celesta)
(Otto Carlsen collection, circa 1966)

Exterior view of Wurlitzer style 40 Mandolin PianOrchestra (Otto Carlsen collection, circa 1966).

Otto Carlsen's hillside music room overlooked a small lake that he had built in the canyon valley below. A stream of water cascaded down the hillside, over carefully set stones and into the lake, where fish abounded. Listening to the PianOrchestra, and other machines in Otto's collection, on a balmy summer night was a delicious treat.

This instrument is currently in the Nethercutt collection, Sylmar, California.

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