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Contents of "Das Welte-Mignon-Klavier" by Hagmann
By Robbie Rhodes

Below is an English translation of the Table of Contents (das
Inhaltsverzeichnis) of the book by Peter Hagmann.  Ref. page 5 & 6 of
the PDF document at http://www.freidok.uni-freiburg.de/volltexte/608/

Fans of the big Welte Philharmonic player organ will enjoy perusing
the appendix (der Anhang) for the sketches and descriptions of existent
Philharmonic organs around the world.  Also included are drawings of
the pneumatic T-100 and T-98 Welte-Mignon piano systems.

Thanks to Matthew Caulfield for his help with this translation.  I can
always count on him to offer clear exposition and logical presentation.
;-)

Robbie Rhodes

 - - -

  "The Welte-Mignon piano, the Welte Philharmonic organ and the
  inception of music reproduction".

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword

Introduction
  A history of the House of Welte?
  The Welte Orchestrion

Excursus: On the development of the automatic piano
  Welte-Mignon and Welte Philharmonic

Excursus: On the market for mechanical music instruments
  Mignola, theater organ and the decline
  "Accurate rendering of the artist's playing"?

The recording process
  Recordings in the House of Welte
  Recording processes of other companies
  On the problem of manipulation

Fundamentals of playback
  The principle of the suction pneumatic
  The music roll as data carrier
  The tracker bar as data conveyor
  On the tempo problem

Playback on the Welte-Mignon piano
  Fundamentals
  The expression equipment
  Tone production and pedal movement
  On the problem of attack differentiation

Playback on the Welte Philharmonic organ
    Fundamentals
    Disposition and tracker bar control functions
    Tone production
    Registration and support functions

Summary and outlook
  Again: "Accurate rendering of the artist's playing"?
  Reproducing instruments in historical context

Epilogue

Appendix [includes many sketches]

Bibliography


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