Pipe Chest Layout for the
Pianella Monstre Paganini Orchestrion

For each of the three pipe chests there is an individual raised wooden "block" for each distinct rank of pipes on the chest. These blocks may vary slightly in height and width, but run the full width of the chest, each block supporting and holding all the chest's pipes for a given rank. The above diagram is not drawn to any kind of scale, but the relative position of each block is useful for understanding the location and relationship between each rank of pipes. The number preceding a pipe designation indicates how many pipes are in that rank, i.e., "39 Piccolo" means that there are 39 individual piccolo pipes in that particular pipe rank. The first number (or pair of numbers) following a pipe designation name indicates the tracker bar hole (or combination of tracker bar holes) that turns the pipe rank on, with the last number being the hole that cancels or turns off the rank. Note: The above pipe chest terminology has been "Americanized," in that the terms reflect Wurlitzer naming conventions. For instance, "French Horn," as mentioned in the above diagram, is the advertised term Wurlitzer used to describe a rank of Gedackt pipes in the large Concert PianOrchestras (made by Philipps), pipes that are not a reed or horn pipe at all, but rather just a set of large stopped flutes.