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Mignon became an integral part of an upright
piano resembling the upright instruments in use
today. And up until the time I bought the Welte
business, the Welte-Mignon had never been in-
corporated in a Grand piano.
Since 1917, which was the year I bought M.
Welte & Sons, we have achieved wonders with
the Welte-Mignon.
In the first place, we have entirely discontinued
the use of the wide, cumbersome music rolls,
building all of our Welte-Mignon instruments at
present with standard 9-to-the-inch trackers and
with bottom actions which have been very greatly
simplified and
lessened in size. IP
But as the first
Welte • Mignon
has never been
excelled, if in-
deed it has ever
been equalled,
in the artistic-
character of its
performance, so
in the develop-
ment of our
present
types
of Welte - built
instruments the
wind iv a y s ,
areas and wind
pressure of the
original Welte-
Mignon
have
been rigorously
held to.
4. There are no drawers beneath the piano or side
curtains to hide an unsightly mechanism, nor
are the rims of the cases deepened, thereby
destroying their symmetry of design.
These Welte-built Welte-Mignon Grands are pre-
sented to the piano trade, at large, in the confi-
dent belief that, as the original Welte-Mignon
was the "marvel of marvels" when it first intro-
duced the art of reproducing a pianistic perform-
ance, this modern type of instrument in like man-
ner represents the highest artistic development
yet attained in the field of reproductive music.
Likewise a modern type Welte-built Welte-Mig-
non upright has been developed, a beautiful style
of plain and
simple design
as shown in the
illustration o n
t h e opposite
page. And last
but n o t least
the w o r 1 d fa-
in o u s Welte-
M i g n o n Cab-
inet is now a
thing of beauty
as well as an
instrument o f
great utility.
Placed before a
fine
grand
piano it is at
o n c e the last
w o r d as a
means to ar-
tistically repro-
duce the play-
ing of the great
masters of the
piano.
Another most
When not in
important
f r o n t of the
work we have
piano, t h e s e
done is the de-
beautiful
velopment of a
Welte - Mignon
W e l t e - built
Cabinets m a y
The latest type of Welte-built, Welte-Mignon Grand, with spool
now be placed
W e 1 te - Mig-
box above the keys. Built in 5 ft. and 6 ft. styles
against a wall,
non Grand in
as a c o n s o l e
( w o splendid
t a b l e , becom-
scales: One 5
ft. 2 inches, scant, and the other 6 ft. in length. ing one of the most attractive and decorative
These Welte-Mignon Grands employ four dis- pieces of furniture that one can imagine.
tinguishing, exclusive Welte-built features:
The piano trade is invited to write for fuller de-
tailed information pertaining to these superior
1. Spool box above the keys in front of the plate
so that the plate does not have to be recessed
instruments.
or cut away.
2. Keys of standard length, the pianist experi-
encing no difference in touch from that of a
straight grand piano.
3. The player action attacks the piano action di-
rectly under the whippen. There are no con-
necting wires—no lost motion; the connection
is direct, positive and instantly responsive.
(signed)
President.
WELTE-MIGNON CORPORATION
665 Fifth Avenue, New York