Welte Style 6 Concert Orchestrion in the
H.C. Frick home (Clayton), Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
 | This beautiful example of an early Welte orchestrion, still in its original spectacular location, can be enjoyed to this day by visitors to the Frick Art & Historical Center (http://frickart.org/home/), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Originally escapement powered (i.e., by a large weight suspended on a pulley and cable arrangement at the backside of the instrument), it was converted to electric operation in 1904 by Emil Welte.
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