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Welte Orchestrion at Cliff House, San Francisco
By Tom DeLay

[ Dave Bowers wrote in 091113 MMDigest:

> Unfortunately, on the afternoon of September 7, the Cliff House
> caught fire. ... Fortunately, in July the Welte had been
> disassembled by the management and shipped off on loan to the
> Casino in Santa Cruz, Calif.

And, unfortunately, the original Casino in Santa Cruz burned shortly
after the Welte came to town!

I have seen at least one photo with the Welte installed in Santa Cruz.
There are lots of photos of the Casino burning down.  So no matter
how hard that Welte orchestrion tried, fire still took it.

Tom DeLay
Salinas, California


(Message sent Sat 14 Nov 2009, 19:38:23 GMT, from time zone GMT-0800.)

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