Welte Style 6 Concert Orchestrion
Case Variations
(Photograph courtesy of Durward Center)
Figure 34. A German Welte catalog shows a Welte Style 6 Concert Orchestrion with Renaissance style casework that is nearly identical to the two extant Welte Style 5 Concert Orchestrions, with the exception of the top gallery. With 52 playing notes, utilizing the full 75 key "F" scale, the Style 6 pipework consists of Trompette, Posaune, Gedeckt, Wald Flote, Clarinette, Octave, and Zinn, for a total of 294 pipes. |
(Photograph courtesy of Durward Center)
Figure 35. An American catalog shows a Welte Style 6 Concert Orchestrion in a painted case with either etched glass or wood panels in front of the pipework. This case variation also has 52 playing notes, utilizing the full 75 key "F" scale, the pipework consists of Trompette, Posaune, Gedeckt, Wald Flote, Clarinette, Octave, and Zinn, for a total of 294 pipes. |
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