List of Philharmonic Organs by M. Welte & Sons

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This list of the Philharmonie Organs by M. Welte & Söhne contains all known self-playing organs based on the original design of this company and its subsidiary in the USA, as well as other organs with Welte playing apparatus. This list is a supplement to the main article M. Welte & Sons , where the underlying literature can also be found.

See also

year place building image Manuals register Remarks
1904 St. Louis , USA Louisiana Purchase Exposition Welte organ stlouis1904.jpg Forerunner model presented as an “orchestral organ” in the Badischer Musikzimmer at the World Exhibition, housing designed by Hermann Billing , with role-playing machine
1909 Freiburg in Breisgau M. Welte & Sons company building WelteMaxReger1913.jpg Recording instrument, here with Max Reger . Destroyed in the air raids on Freiburg on November 29, 1944
1910-1916 New York City , USA Welte-Mignon Studio, 273 Fifth Avenue at 29th Street
1911 Turin , Italy Esposizione Internazionale delle Industrie e del Lavoro in Torino (1911) , first presentation of the Philharmonic organ No picture known Whereabouts unknown
1912 Freiburg in Breisgau Music room of Mr. W. ( Edwin Welte ) in Freiburg Welte organ freiburg.jpg Whereabouts unknown
1912/1913 Poughkeepsie , New York, USA M. Welte & Sons company building on South Avenue No picture known Whereabouts unknown
1912/1913 New York , NY, USA Welte Mignon Studio, M. Welte & Sons, (Inc.), 273 5th Avenue Welte organ studio newyork.jpg Recording instrument, whereabouts unknown. Recording unit today in the Museum for Music Automatons in Seewen , Switzerland.
1912 Steam yacht Niagara Howard Gould Howard Gould Niagara 1913.jpg The yacht was purchased by the US Navy as a patrol boat in 1917 , and the organ is believed to have been scrapped
1912/1913 London Harrods Welte organ harrods.jpg Picture with Edwin Lemare at the organ, parts of the brochure still available
1912/1913 Findon , West Sussex , England Charles EA Hartridge, Findon Place Model IVB, now in "The Musical Museum", Brentford , City of London
1912-1914 Berlin Steinway & Sons , concert hall Welte Organ Steinway Berlin.jpg Whereabouts unknown
1912-1913 Hamburg Steinway & Sons , concert hall Welte Organ Steinway hamburg.jpg Whereabouts unknown
1912 or 1913 London Steinway & Sons , concert hall Welte organ steinway london.jpg Whereabouts unknown
1912 (?) Eureka Springs , Arkansas , USA Crescent Hotel and Spa Original location unknown, model IV
1912 Original location unknown, the instrument may have been intended for the Titanic . Now in the German Museum of Music Automatons in Bruchsal , so-called Titanic organ
1914 New York City , USA Lord & Taylor, Fifth Avenue at 38th Street, Concert Hall (7th Floor) II / Welte Philharmonic Autograph Organ Whereabouts unknown
1913 Magnolia, Essex County (Massachusetts) , USA James Harrington Walker (Hiram Walker and Sons, Distillers), Summer Residence Stored, is for sale
1913/1914 Gornsdorf Villa Uhlmann Welte Organ Gornsdorf.jpg Still privately owned at the original location, the DSD will be able to restore the game from 2020
1930/1931 Dubrovnik , Croatia William D. Zimdin , Villa Šeherezada 1. The Façade 1.jpg 2 / P 20th In storage since 2005, with Welte role-playing machine. In the meantime as a national cultural asset under monument protection. The organ was dismantled with a chainsaw and improperly deposited in the damp cellar of St. Jakov's Church in Dubrovnik.
1913/1914 / 1920s /
1937/1969 		Seewen , Switzerland Museum of Music Automatons Welte organ britannic II.jpg 2 / P 35 Originally built for HMHS Britannic ; 1920 Dr. August Nagel, (Dr. August Nagel camera work) Stuttgart-Wangen; 1937 Radium Lampenwerk GmbH, Wipperfürth; 1969 Museum for Music Automatons. Restored in 2007 by Orgelbau Kuhn
1913/1914 Tunbridge Wells , England Sir David Lionel Salomons House, Science Theater Welte organ tunebridge.jpg 2 / P 32 Additional game device for Welte-Orchestrion No. 10. Separate echo organ with 349 pipes above the gallery. Today the Salomon Center of Canterbury Christ Church University , restored 2004–2005.
1916-1927 New York City , USA Welte-Mignon Studio, 665 Fifth Avenue at 53rd Street
1927 Tyringham , Buckinghamshire , England Tyringham Hall, Temple of Music 2 / P 22nd No details known
1917 Miami , Florida, USA James Deering , Villa Vizcaya , now Vizcaya Museum and Gardens Deering-organ-fin.pdf

Welte organ miami.jpg

3 Still at original location, cost: $ 23,000;
1916/1927 Welte Mignon Studios, New York City 1927 sold to Eugene Meyer , there in summer residence, (Washington DC?), USA Welteorgel.jpg 3 / P 36 Rebuilt several times, today probably Welte-Skinner organ with 10-roll changer, since 1993 in the Technik-Museum Speyer . Details of manufacture not known.
1919 Ulm Dr. Karl Höhn Destroyed in an air raid on December 17, 1944
1924 2 / P 20th Previous history unknown, now in the Bruchsal Music Machine Museum
1926 Meggenhorn Castle , Switzerland Jakob Heinrich Frey-Baumann 2 / P 20th Still at the original location, see
1923/1924 Americana , Brazil Hermann Theodor Müller (1884–1951), Fábrica de Tecidos Carioba SA Today “Casa de Cultura Herman Müller”, existence of the organ uncertain
1923/1924 Berlin Private house Günther Quandt Probably destroyed in 1944/45
before 1924 Menton , France Clinique St. Georges, Dr. Leblanc Welte organ menton.jpg With role play machine. In 1944 the house was destroyed by the effects of the war.
around 1926 La Broque , France Ernest Marchal, Villa La Feuillée, 36, rue du général Leclerc probably still on site
1927 Cologne Café Schwerthof , Neumarkt No picture known The café was rebuilt by the architect Jacob Koerfer 1920–21, whereabouts of the organ unknown, probably war damage.
1929 Aschaffenburg Gentil House , formerly the private home of Anton Gentil (1867–1951), Grünewaldstrasse 20 Still at the original location. Today the Gentilhaus is part of the museums of the city of Aschaffenburg
1929 (around) Uccle Odon Warland , 158, Avenue Circulaire, Uccle - Bruxelles Whereabouts unknown
unknown Ghent , Belgium Maurice Hye's private home Whereabouts unknown
unknown Nice , France Alexander von Falz-Fein, Villa les Palmieres Whereabouts unknown
unknown Villabella, municipality of Valenza , Italy Ingegniere Oreste Simonotti, Villa Vittoria Whereabouts unknown
unknown Neuilly-sur-Seine , France J. Poberejsky, 48, Boulevard de la Saussaye Æolian organ with Welte playing device, whereabouts unknown
unknown Nice , France Dr Leroux Heulard d'Arcy, 29 Boulevard Dubouchage Whereabouts unknown
unknown Ghent , Belgium Maurice Hye's private home Whereabouts unknown
1931 Blenheim Palace , Woodstock, Oxfordshire Library "Long Library organ" by Henry Willis & Sons, 1891. Published in 1902 by Norman & Beard within the library. Equipped with Welte role-playing device in 1931. Still at the original location.
1925 (approx.) Smyrna, now Izmir , Turkey The Oriental Carpet Manufacturers Ltd., Edmund H. Giraud Welte organ smyrna giraud.pdf Remaining unknown, no picture of the instrument known
unknown Nice , France Hotel Busby, Mme. Busby, 38, rue Maréchal Joffre Whereabouts unknown
unknown Blendecques , Saint-Omer , France Prudent Avot Vallée, Château de Westhove Welte organ blendecques.jpg Whereabouts unknown
unknown Florence , Italy Horace Oakley, Via Boccaccio 119 Whereabouts unknown
unknown Cairo , Egypt Palace of the Khedive No picture known Whereabouts unknown
before 1922 Beaulieu-sur-Mer , France Villa Amélie, Prosper Ancel-Seitz Welte organ beaulieu.jpg Transferred to Louis Ancel, Paris, Boulevard Pereire 91 (Ancel Seitz, Avenue Raphale 28), detected there in 1926, still in Villa Amelie, partly destroyed
between 1920 and 1930 Toorak , Melbourne , Australia Residential building Johann Traugott Noske Originally with a role-playing machine, sold in the 1930s to St John's Lutheran Church, South Melbourne, which was demolished in 1960
1912-1914 Paris Hotel Majestic No picture known Whereabouts unknown
1912-1914 Paris Hotel Le Meurice No picture known Whereabouts unknown
unknown Berlin Hotel Esplanade , Bellevuestrasse No picture known Probably destroyed in 1944/1945
1923-1924 Lindau Dr. Franz Arthur Mullereisert Whereabouts unknown
unknown England Mr G.'s villa in England Welte organmrg england.jpg The whereabouts and original location are unknown
unknown Scarborough , England Music room of Mr. F. in Scarborough Welte Organ Scarborough.jpg The whereabouts and original location are unknown
unknown Florence , Italy Welte Philharmonic organ in the home of Mr. K. [Kraft] in Florence Welte organ florence.jpg Rome , since 1946 in the Palasciano Hall in the headquarters of the Italian Red Cross (Croce Rossa Italiana) , Via Toscana, 12
unknown Barcelona , Spain Music salon of Mr. B. in Barcelona Welte organ barcelona.jpg The whereabouts and original location are unknown
unknown Philadelphia , USA at the home of Mr. Wanamaker in Philadelphia, Walnut Street Welte organ philadelphia.jpg Remaining unknown, only the facade of the building remains
unknown Karlsruhe In the villa of Dr. hc. W. (presumably privy councilor Bürklin) in Karlsruhe Welte organ karlsruhe.jpg Whereabouts unknown
unknown United States In the stairwell of a villa in USA World organ stairwell usa.jpg The whereabouts and original location are unknown
between 1912 and 1915 Great Neck , Long Island , New York In the villa of Dr. Preston Pope Satterwhite, in Great Neck, Long Island In 1927 the house burned down due to a short circuit in the organ
1914 Tuxedo Park , New York Villa Spedden, Frederick O. Spedden Spedden-organ-fin.pdf Still at the original location
1912–1914 (?) Hamburg Music salon of a villa in Hamburg (owner unnamed) Welte organ villa hamburg.jpg The whereabouts and original location are unknown
1912–1914 (?) Dresden in the villa of Mr. D .... in Dresden Welte organ dresden.jpg The whereabouts and original location are unknown
1912–1914 (?) Berlin In the villa of Mr. Z .... in Berlin Welte organ berlin1.jpg The whereabouts and original location are unknown
1912–1914 (?) Berlin In the music room of Mr. H .... in Berlin Welte organ berlin2.jpg The whereabouts and original location are unknown
1912-1914 Beaulieu-sur-Mer , Nice , Belle-Île-en-Mer , Grasse (Villa Henri), France Baron Albert de L'Espée several instruments, whereabouts and locations unknown
1912-1914 eat Villa Hill Æolian organ with Welte role-playing device
1925 Antibes (Cap d'Antibes) , France Lady Burton's mansion by 2012 in the Milhous Collection, Boca Raton, Florida, for $ 149,500 by Sotheby's auctioned
1928 Oban , Scotland Glencruitten House, Ingram Organ Op. 957. Originally equipped with Welte role-playing machine


Appendix: Instruments built from circa 1916 to circa 1924 by Welte Mignon Corporation, 665 5th Avenue, New York City
year place building image Manuals register Remarks
after 1918 Sands Point , Long Island , USA Gould Guggenheim Estate Whereabouts unknown
after 1918 Providence , Rhode Island , USA Dutee Wilcox Flint Whereabouts unknown
after 1918 New York City , New York , USA Carl M. Loeb Whereabouts unknown
after 1918 South Hills, Englewood , New Jersey , USA EH Kluge Whereabouts unknown
after 1918 New York City , New York , USA Simon William Straus, Ambassador Hotel New York The house was torn down
after 1918 New York City , New York , USA Martin Beck Whereabouts unknown
after 1918 Brooklyn , New York City , USA Alfred E. Clegg Whereabouts unknown
after 1918 Yonkers , New York City , USA Gertrude H. Thompson, Col. William Boyce Thompson Whereabouts unknown
1916-1918 Claymont , Delaware , USA John J. Raskob Whereabouts unknown
around 1935–1937 Lexington , Kentucky , USA Spindletop Hall , Miles Frank Yount, now University of Kentucky Welte Kimball organ, at the original location
after 1918 Death Valley National Park , USA Scotty's Castle 3 15th Details not known, a product of one of the successor companies of M. Welte & Sons after 1918, probably a Welte-Skinner organ with the effects of a cinema organ
1919 Sitges , Spain Charles Deering 3 From: Music Trade Review , Sept. 13, 1919, p. 37

References and comments

  1. ↑ Zeitschrift für Instrumentenbau 1904, No. 8, pp. 224–225
  2. ^ A b The New York City Organ Project: Welte-Mignon Studio
  3. ^ Howard Gould in the English language Wikipedia
  4. ↑ Christoph E. Hänggi, David Rumsey: The origin of the Seewener Welte Philharmonic organ. (PDF; 3.6 MB)
  5. ^ The New York City Organ Project: Department Stores & Emporiums
  6. ↑ Welte-Philharmonie-Orgel in Gornsdorf is sponsored by the DSD
  7. ↑ Christoph E. Hänggi: The Britannic Organ at the Museum of Music Automatons Seewen SO . Festschrift for the inauguration of the Welte Philharmonic Organ; Heinrich Weiss-Stauffacher Collection. Seewen, Museum for Music Automatons, 2007
  8. ↑ Christoph E. Hänggi, David Rumsey: The Origins Of Seewen's Welte-Philharmonie. In: The Diapason. March 2008, pp. 24-28
  9. ↑ David Lionel Solomons in the English language Wikipedia
  10. ↑ Andrew Pilmer, Thomas Jansen: The largest world philharmonic organ in the world in Tunbridge Wells, England . In: From Freiburg into the world - 100 years of Welte-Mignon: automatic musical instruments. Augustinermuseum, Freiburg 2005, pp. 178–183.
  11. ^ The National Pipe Organ Register (NPOR) at the Royal College of Music, No. 01857
  12. ^ The National Pipe Organ Register (NPOR) at the Royal College of Music, No. 09640
  13. ^ Organ Historical Society, OHS Pipe Organ Database
  14. ^ Villa Vizcaya in the English language Wikipedia
  15. ↑ Eva and Marco Brandazza: The organ of Meggenhorn Castle. Report from the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (PDF; 90 kB)
  16. ↑ Fábrica de Tecidos Carioba SA in the Portuguese-speaking Wikipedia
  17. ↑ Kati Wolf, Ingrid Jenderko-Sichelschmidt: The Gentile House . City museums, Aschaffenburg 1989.
  18. ↑ L'Inventaire général, patrimoine de la France ( Memento from July 15, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  19. ↑ Photo report about the neglected villa by 28dayslater ( Memento from July 2nd, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  20. ↑ History of the Ruwoldt family in Australia  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / ruwoldt.wikispaces.com  
  21. ↑ John Maidment: Amateur and professional: the organ in private residences in Australia ( Memento of the original from March 1, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: OHTA Journal July 1991, pp. 10-14, 19. The Organ Historical Trust of Australia @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ohta.org.au
  22. ^ Hôtel Meurice in the French language Wikipedia
  23. ↑ Old Long Island
  24. ↑ Musical Trade Review Vol. 59, 1914, p. 16 .
  25. ^ Albert de L'Espée in the French language Wikipedia
  26. ↑ RM | Sotheby's - The Milhous Collection 24 - 25.2. 2012
  27. ↑ Glencruitten House on Flickr .
  28. ↑ Loeb, Rhoades & Co. in the English language Wikipedia with biographical information on Loeb
  29. ^ SW Straus Family and NY architecture
  30. ^ William Boyce Thompson in the English language Wikipedia
  31. ↑ John J. Raskob on the English Wikipedia
  32. ^ Music Trade Review , Sept. 13, 1919, p. 37 .

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