[ Ref. Leslie Hoffman in 100625 MMDigest, "Value of Wilcox & White
 [ 58-note Player Reed Organ" --

I am not so sure I would describe the Wilcox and White push-up
as strictly speaking a player organ.  The push-up is known as the
"Orchestral" and, if you follow its patents backwards in time, its
lineage is descended directly from Wilcox's internal player piano
of 1891 as opposed to the Symphony player organ of a few years earlier
whose pneumatic system was different in design.

In the mid-1890s the Wilcox player piano stack was fitted into uprights
and also grands and there is an existing period advert of a Mathusek
grand fitted with the Wilcox piano player system with its spoolbox
mounted beneath the treble end of the keyboard.  Wilcox had added reeds
to their piano player systems very early on in the 1890s -- long before
the Pianola and before Theodore Brown's "Aeriol" player piano which
Aeolian marketed pre-Pianola.  The piano-player plus reeds system was
marketed in a standalone cabinet form as the "Orchestral" from 1896
onward, so far as I can ascertain.

I personally think Aeolian stocking the "Pianola" and ditching the
"Aeriol" is more a reaction to the "Orchestral" than the other way
around!  But that's my own opinion.

The idea was not a short-lived one.  Wilcox's push-up range continued
to be offered in versions both with reeds and without right, to the end
of the push-up era.  There are Melodant-equipped 65-58 push-up players
with a couple sets of reeds to be found quite regularly.  In the UK
there is known an 88-note Wilcox push-up with reeds and, moving further
into the 'teens, the reeds were also continued over into some Wilcox
upright player pianos (those these are seriously rare!).  Although
uncommon in later years it is fair to say that Wilcox were offering the
option of fitting reeds to their piano systems right up to 1921 when
they were taken over.

Seeing is believing, however, so here are two YouTube videos of
Horacio Asborno's Angelus with reeds in it's upright piano format :

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2XGmmchIyA  &
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DglIYn5eHeQ 

Now everyone will want one!

As to what a restored 58-push-up with original piano in oak plus 100
rolls is worth, I could not say as things are only worth what a buyer
is prepared to pay for them.  The 2-rank Orchestral is not the largest
model but it is very, very pleasant nonetheless.  At a guess, "the cost
of the restoration" plus say USD $1000 for the two parts including
rolls, at the very least I should think.  Sold individually the rolls
for this format typically fetch USD $5-$10 apiece in recent years.

Regards,
Adam Ramet