(Photograph courtesy of Reblitz-Bowers Encyclopedia.)

Peerless Style D-M Orchestrion. Introduced in the middle of 1907, the Style D-M, or later DM, consisted of an upright piano, 25 metalaphone bars, snare drum, bass drum, and cymbal. The metalaphone bars (a.k.a. orchestra bells) are visible behind the oval glass window. The drums and genuine Turkish cymbal are conspicuously mounted on top of the piano case. The cymbal is behind and affixed by means of a bracket to the upper rim of the bass drum, and is barely visible protruding slightly above the top rim of the bass drum. The beater for the snare drum is behind it, the small drum being positioned forward of the larger bass drum to allow space for the beater mechanism. An endless roll mechanism and its associated bin was attached to the back of the piano.