The Welte Company also built reproducing pipe organs and like all their instruments these were of exceptionally fine quality and workmanship. Like their Æolian cousins, these Welte instruments contained subtley-voiced pipework.
The Welte Philarmonic Autograph Organ, Model 4B, was originally installed in a large mansion in Findon near Worthing sometime before the First World War.
It contains ten ranks of pipes, and also has a large drum which can be heard during performances of orchestral overtures and similar pieces.
In addition to the traditional roll player, this organ also has a 2 manual console with pedals and a full complement of stops - excluding the drum. So when the owner tired of listening to the rolls he had purchased, he could roll his sleeves up and create his own music!
