Circa 1912 Catalogue Illustration of a
Philipps Pianella Paganini Geigen Piano, Model 3

Circa 1912 catalogue illustration of a Philipps Pianella Paganini Geigen Piano, Model 3.

Although some purists may argue that this particular style Paganini should  not properly ever be termed an orchestrion, having only a piano, harmonium and violin pipes, Philipps nevertheless did often designated it as such. Certainly, though, the larger Paganini instruments, with a full orchestral range of voices and extensive trapwork, were true orchestrions.

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