Mignon Piano Information

[Berley A. Firmin II]

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The Welte company in Freiburg, Germany made orchestrions in the last =
half of the 19th century. These player pipe organs contained pipes, =
drums, xylophones, etc. They were built, first, to play from pinned =
barrels, then later used paper rolls. They were usually monumental in =
size. They introduced an automatic piano player that one would push up =
to a piano. Later, they put the mechanism IN the piano. At the turn of =
the century they introduced a reproducing piano that was called the =
Welte-Mignon...French for small, as they were diminutive compared to =
their Orchestrions. The pianos came to be built also in New York. During =
the Great War  WW1, the government seized the plant and the assets, and =
the New York pianos were built "licensee" to distinguish from the one's =
made in Germany.
    Much more info can be obtained from The Encyclopedia of Automatic =
Mechanical Musical Instruments, by David Bowers.
BAFII
Bayou La Combe, Louisiana

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