Automatic Music Roll Changers
Restored Wurlitzer Automatic Roll Changer ready for reinstallation.

(Photograph courtesy of Art Reblitz)

Another late style Wurlitzer changer with new replacements for the broken pot metal parts, plated in electroless nickel.

New replacement parts for a Wurlitzer Automatic Roll Changer.

(Photograph courtesy of Art Reblitz)

New replacement parts for some of the pot metal castings that are frequently cracked and broken in any Wurlitzer changer made from 1917 on. They have been machined and are ready for plating.

Unrestored 6-roll Philipps automatic roll changer.

(Photograph courtesy of Art Reblitz)

An unrestored 6-roll Philipps automatic roll changer removed from the orchestrion and ready to begin the restoration process.

Large parts from a Philipps roll changer ready for reassembly.

(Photograph courtesy of Art Reblitz)

The large parts from the Philipps roll changer stripped, repaired as necessary, and replated, ready for reassembly.

Small parts from a Philipps roll changer ready for reassembly.

(Photograph courtesy of Art Reblitz)

Some of the smaller Philipps roll changer parts after replating and ready for reassembly with the larger roll changer parts.

Restored Philipps 6-station roll changer.

(Photograph courtesy of Art Reblitz)

The same Philipps 6-roll changer plated in electroless nickel and reassembled, ready for installation and final adjustment.

Resstored Philipps 6-roll changer in a Wurlitzer Concert PianOrchestra.

(Photograph courtesy of Art Reblitz)

A different Philipps 6-roll changer for a Wurlitzer Concert PianOrchestra, restored and replated in dull Watts nickel. This had been plated with a heavy layer of copper followed by thick nickel and the chrome, causing the parts to have a puffy-looking appearance instead of their precise original shape. The heavy plating was cracked and peeling, exposing rust on the original iron and steel parts underneath. All plating was removed before repairing the parts and having them replated with the original type of plating.

Restored Hupfeld duplex 10-roll changers in a Hupfeld Super Pan Orchestra.

(Photograph courtesy of Art Reblitz)

Duplex 10-roll changers restored, replated, and installed in the center section of a Hupfeld Super Pan Orchestra.

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