Peerless Colonial Elite orchestrion pipes play the 'Beale Street Blues'

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I just finished building a set of 25 violin pipes for a Peerless Colonial Elite orchestrion. The original pipes had been lost and someone replaced them with timid flute pipes from a church organ. Notice the lowest 6 pipes had to be mitered to fit inside the piano cabinet. Here are the new violin pipes on my test chest playing the "Beale Street Blues" played by J. Russell Robinson.

The lowest note is C above middle C going up two octaves to C. They are tuned to A-435 and are playing on 6" wind.
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Hi Bruce, is it possible to see and hear video of the finished instrument? What model National Colonial Elite is it? Style F or H? (F had no drums, just pipes; H had pipes and drums). I know of two style H's existing, one with original metal violin pipes. Is this the other one, or a third one? Thanks!

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If you don't mind me asking, why are the first 6 pipes arched back in the front register? Conserving space in the instruments cabinet?

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