Welte Organ Co.
1917
Originally Welte Organ Co.
Residence: William H. Miner ("Harmony Hall") [now The Alice T. Miner Museum]
9618 U.S. 9
Chazy, NY, US
12 Ranks - 341 Pipes
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STOPLISTS
| Melody🛈 | ||
| 8' | Violin🛈 | |
| 8' | Wood Flute🛈 | |
| 8' | Harmonic Flute🛈 | |
| 4' | Piccolo🛈 | |
| 8' | Zinn Pipe | 34 |
| 8' | Brass Trumpet🛈 | |
| 16' | Oboe | 34 |
| 8' | Trumpet🛈 |
| Bass/Accompaniment | ||
| 8' | Stopped Bourdon | 18 |
| 8' | Cello | 18 |
| 4' | Octave | 18 |
| 8' | Brass Trombone | 18 |
| 16' | Coupled Bassoon | 4 |
| Toys/Extras | ||
| Piano With Mandolin Attachment | ||
| Bass Drum | ||
| Tympani Effect | ||
| Snare Drum | ||
| Cymbal | ||
| Triangle | ||
| Pipe and Xylophone Solo Capability |
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CONSOLES
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
Harmony Hall was demolished in 1962, but the organ was rescued
Nate Pultorak on November 15th, 2022:
According to the book "The Golden Age of Automatic Musical Instruments", this is the largest Welte D Brisgovia orchestrion known to exist. After Harmony Hall was slated for demolition, a radio announcer and player piano hobbyist from Plattsburgh, NY rescued this instrument. It was eventually sold to Robert Johnson of Rossville, Georgia and loaned to the Smithsonian Institution in 1976 for an exhibition called "1876: A Centennial Exhibition." Later it was fully restored by Hayes McClaran and a cabinet similar to other Welte orchestrions was made for it. The most recent location places it in "The Gilson Collection" as of 1989. Further information can be found in the documents section which has the portion of the book dedicated to this instrument.
Database Manager on September 8th, 2012:
Identified through online information from Jim lewis.
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