I have to make a correction to Jurgen Goering's posting in MMD
07.03.17.  The contract to restore the Welte Philharmonic organ
at Salomons was awarded to the well-known London firm of Mander
Organs, who have built and restored many fine instruments in many
parts of the world, including the one at St. Ignatius Loyola in
New York City.  You can learn more about this company by visiting
www.mander-organs.com

Because of the very special nature of this particular Welte
instrument, which is playable automatically from two different
formats (Style 10 Concert Orchestrion rolls and also 150-note Welte
Philharmonic rolls), as well as from the three-manual and pedal
console, Mander Organs approached our own company, A. C. Pilmer
Automatic Music Ltd., to undertake the restoration of all the
components not normally encountered in a manually-played instrument.

Because of the large scale of this work, we were pleased to involve
in this work Thomas Jansen and his staff of Musikwerkstatt Monschau,
whom we have known for many years.

As well as teams from the three firms mentioned already, the restoration
of the whole instrument also involved other specialists, for example,
the rebuilding of the Discus blowing plant.  The Project Manager was
David Cranfield of Salomons.

As well as the concert on March 22, a further one is scheduled for
Friday June 1st., when Nigel Ogden will again be at the console.
A joint British Institute of Organ Studies (BIOS) / Institute of Organ
Builders (IOB) study day is being scheduled for later in the year.

As well as the pictures posted on Thomas' web site, we hope to have
some of our own in the near future at www.acpilmer.com

Best wishes from York, England,

Andrew Pilmer
AC Pilmer Automatic Music Ltd
http://www.acpilmer.com/

 [ Andrew's account of the restoration may be seen at
 [ http://www.acpilmer.com/news.html  -- Robbie