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Seeburg Model G With Extra Foot Pedals
By Duaine Hechler

[ Don Teach wrote in 040401 MMDigest:

> Both of these pianos are extremely rare and are the only known
> examples. ... The Seeburg G has four extra foot pedals to play
> the percussion and you can play the pipes from the keyboard.
> ... Somewhere someone has a copy of a Seeburg ad (which I would
> like to have) showing this model G.

I did a quick Google search on images and came up with this site:
http://www.usd.edu/smm/orchestrion.html

Duaine Hechler
St. Louis, MO

 [ The instrument pictured was donated by Douglas and Phyllis Adam
 [ of Yankton, South Dakota. "This example, Seeburg's famous Model G,
 [ features Torch Style leaded art glass windows, set into an oak
 [ case."  The National Music Museum is operated by University of
 [ South Dakota, Vermillion, SD.  -- Robbie


(Message sent Thu 8 Apr 2004, 07:04:58 GMT, from time zone GMT-0500.)

Key Words in Subject:  Extra, Foot, G, Model, Pedals, Seeburg

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