(Photograph courtesy of Reblitz-Bowers Encyclopedia.)

Peerless Style D-F Orchestrion. Introduced in the middle of 1907, the Style D-F, or later DF, consisted of an upright piano, a gleaming rank of 32 symmetrically arranged metal flute pipes, which were prominently displayed behind the clear glass window. The drums and genuine Turkish cymbal are conspicuously mounted on top of the piano case. The cymbal is behind and affixed by means of a bracket to the upper rim of the bass drum, and is barely visible protruding slightly above the top rim of the bass drum. The beater for the snare drum is behind it, the small drum being positioned forward of the larger bass drum to allow space for the beater mechanism. An endless roll mechanism and its associated bin were attached to the back of the piano.