Greetings,  A non-Internet acquaintance has the chance to buy a Steinway
upright with a Welte player intact, supposedly a Green Welte system
manufactured in Europe, not the Licensee version. (I always thought
Steinway and Duo-Art were bedfellows, not Steinway and Welte)

Could someone familiar with Welte please give me a nutshell description/
comparison of the Red (T-100), Green and Licensee versions? Such facts
as who manufactured which, and where and when; roll width and
compatibility with regular non-Welte 88-note rolls; desirability of
one version over another from an owner's perspective; probable
availability of rolls/recuts; educated guess at restored value.

I've retrieved and read the digests from ftp.foxtail.com that have any
posts about Welte and looked it up in a couple of books in my own
library, but a clear picture fails to emerge. The terms 'red' and 'green'
appear to be a more recent colloquialism.  I've encountered the Licensee
version personally, but only peripherally, and a long time ago at that.

Any help would be appreciated.¶
Regards,¶
Dave McNally - mac366@ibm.net