Music Trade Review
Issue: 1923 Vol. 76 N. 15 - Page 6
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WELTE-BUILT WELTE-MIGNONS
As manufactured by
WELTE-MIGNON
CORPORATION
Successor of
M. WELTE & SONS, Inc.
Established 1832
Owner of basic and original Welle patents under zchich the
Welte-Mignon "Licensed" Reproducing Action is manufac-
tured by the Auto Pneumatic Action Co. and employed
by more than eighty leading piano manufacturers.
WO WEEKS AGO we announced the
policy of "Open Territory" for Welte-
built instruments.
In this article we now wish to briefly
describe the instruments themselves.
To begin with,
Welte-built in-
struments are
t r a d i t i onally
superior.
Medals, Decorations, Diplomas and Orders have
been lavished upon it, and its instruments have
received unlimited praise from eminent musicians
wherever music has warmed the heart of man.
But it was not until 1904 that the crowning
achievement of
the W e l t e s '
was attained.
That w a s the
i n v e n t i o n of
the Welte-Mig-
non.
The House of
M. Welte &
The W e l t e -
Sons
was
M i g n o n was
founded
in
e p o c h a l . It
1 832 — ninety-
was the first in-
one years ago.
strument d e -
Only seventeen
vised w h i c h
years later, its
would r e p r o -
founder had al-
duce the pian-
ready acquired
istic perform-
an e n v i a b l e
ances of pian-
reputation, ex-
i s t s .
And
tending o v e r
while at t h a t
the whole o f
time it was the
Europe, as a
" w o n d e r of
builder of auto-
wonders," a s
matic musical
C a r r e n o de-
instruments,
clared, opening
and w e find
as it d i d t o
him exhibiting
pianists a "new
a huge Orches-
a n d promised
trion, contain-
land," it was
ing more than
equally a mar-
1 1 00 pipes, at
The latest type of Welte-built, Welte-Mignon Upright
velous instru-
Karlsruhe,
Height, 4 ft. 8 in.
ment to behold.
Baden, which
received a gold
Large and cum-
medal, the
bersome, it was
highest award of the Exposition.
built in the form of an oversized upright piano
without keys, somewhat resembling a large side-
That was in 1 849—the year following the dis-
covery of gold in California, and from that time board. Another type had the bellows and motor
to this day, the House of Welte has been con- built on top, making the instrument quite 6 ft.
tinually honored by International Expositions, high. Still another type was built in the form of
States, Governments and distinguished Societies a large cabinet to be pushed in front of a piano,
but it was not for several years that the Welte-
all over the globe.
WELTE-BUILT WELTE-MIGNONS
As manufactured by
WELTE-MIGNON
CORPORATION
Successor of
M. WELTE & SONS, Inc.
Established 1832
Owner of basic and original Welle patents under zchich the
Welte-Mignon "Licensed" Reproducing Action is manufac-
tured by the Auto Pneumatic Action Co. and employed
by more than eighty leading piano manufacturers.
WO WEEKS AGO we announced the
policy of "Open Territory" for Welte-
built instruments.
In this article we now wish to briefly
describe the instruments themselves.
To begin with,
Welte-built in-
struments are
t r a d i t i onally
superior.
Medals, Decorations, Diplomas and Orders have
been lavished upon it, and its instruments have
received unlimited praise from eminent musicians
wherever music has warmed the heart of man.
But it was not until 1904 that the crowning
achievement of
the W e l t e s '
was attained.
That w a s the
i n v e n t i o n of
the Welte-Mig-
non.
The House of
M. Welte &
The W e l t e -
Sons
was
M i g n o n was
founded
in
e p o c h a l . It
1 832 — ninety-
was the first in-
one years ago.
strument d e -
Only seventeen
vised w h i c h
years later, its
would r e p r o -
founder had al-
duce the pian-
ready acquired
istic perform-
an e n v i a b l e
ances of pian-
reputation, ex-
i s t s .
And
tending o v e r
while at t h a t
the whole o f
time it was the
Europe, as a
" w o n d e r of
builder of auto-
wonders," a s
matic musical
C a r r e n o de-
instruments,
clared, opening
and w e find
as it d i d t o
him exhibiting
pianists a "new
a huge Orches-
a n d promised
trion, contain-
land," it was
ing more than
equally a mar-
1 1 00 pipes, at
The latest type of Welte-built, Welte-Mignon Upright
velous instru-
Karlsruhe,
Height, 4 ft. 8 in.
ment to behold.
Baden, which
received a gold
Large and cum-
medal, the
bersome, it was
highest award of the Exposition.
built in the form of an oversized upright piano
without keys, somewhat resembling a large side-
That was in 1 849—the year following the dis-
covery of gold in California, and from that time board. Another type had the bellows and motor
to this day, the House of Welte has been con- built on top, making the instrument quite 6 ft.
tinually honored by International Expositions, high. Still another type was built in the form of
States, Governments and distinguished Societies a large cabinet to be pushed in front of a piano,
but it was not for several years that the Welte-
all over the globe.
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