Pipework in the Center Solo Melody Section
of the Pianella Monstre Paganini Orchestrion, Model 12
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The solo melody section is made up of 11-ranks of pipes enclosed
in a swell box. Swell shutters at the enclosure's top are then opened
and closed by a sophisticated mechanism, inducing variations in
the volume of the music. The mechanism that produces the tremolo
(vibrato) effect for the melody pipework is fastened to the back
side of the swell box, and is not visible in this photograph.
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Solo Melody pipework, 405 pipes total (front
to back):
- 39 Piccolos (wood flute pipes with nodule hole)
- 39 Violins (2nd violin -- wood violin pipes with brass freins)
- 39 Clarinets (reed pipes with wooden boot and cylindrical
cardboard resonators)
- 39 Trumpets (reed pipes with metal boot and tapered metal
resonators)
- 39 Violins (soft -- wood violin pipes with brass freins)
- 27 Flageoletts (wood violin pipes with nodule hole and brass
freins)
- 39 Violins (soft -- wood violin pipes with brass freins)
- 39 Violins (1st rank, loud, celeste tuning -- wood violin
pipes with brass freins)
- 39 Violins (2nd rank, loud, celeste tuning -- wood violin
pipes with brass freins)
- 27 Flutes (wooden open flute pipes)
- 39 Violoncello (large wood violin pipes with wood rollers)
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