Welte Style 2 Cottage Orchestrions

Welte Style 2 Cottage Orchestrion in an ebonized Italian Renaissance case.

(Photograph courtesy of Durward Center)

Figure 18. This is a typical Welte Style 2 Cottage Orchestion in an ebonized Italian Renaissance case. This instrument was originally installed in Mexico in 1905. It has the manual rewind music roll frame and was weight powered. Note the snare drum beater mechanism is also a weight driven device, which requires winding after each playing.

Welte Style 2 Cottage Orchestrion in an ebonized Italian Renaissance case.

(Photograph courtesy of Durward Center)

Figure 19. Here is another Renaissance case Welte Style 2 Cottage Orchestrion in quarter sawn oak, again with the manual rewind roll frame. This instrument was originally weight operated and converted to electric at a later date.

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