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Wurlitzer "Autograph" Piano With Welte System
By Dave Krall

I recently acquired a 1917 Wurlitzer Autograph piano that uses the
Welte-Mignon system.  It has the Wurlitzer 6-roll changer and still
has its original factory paint job of ivory with gold leaf trim.
The rolls for this piano were the subject of a discussion on MMD
back in 2006, indexed at

  http://www.mmdigest.com/Archives/KWIC/A/autograph.html 

Wurlitzer built two versions of the Autograph Piano.  From 1915 to
1918 thirteen of these pianos were sold using rolls produced especially
for Wurlitzer by M. Welte & Sons, Inc., with the special leaders for
use in the roll changer.  Production of the Autograph piano ceased for
two years and then resumed in 1921, with a new version playing wider
rolls and utilizing the Amphion Art-Echo system.

Does anyone know of any other existing Wurlitzer Autograph pianos,
either of the Welte or Art-Echo style?  Does anyone have rolls or know
of any other rolls for these pianos?

Thanks!
Dave Krall



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Key Words in Subject:  Autograph, Piano, System, Welte, Wurlitzer