Designed by Welte for use in a small room, this particular orchestrion is very softly voiced on low pressure and contains ranks of pipes different than those found in small Welte Cottage orchestrions. It plays with very subtle and beautiful tonal effects from special 75-hole Welte orchestrion rolls and a digital MIDI system, which can be removed if desired. Formerly in the renowned Fischer Collection, this instrument was in original condition before being professionally restored by Mike Argain. It includes a matching roll cabinet, a nice selection of rolls and a library of MIDI files.

In the spring of 1910 several new Welte Philharmonic Organs were received by Welte's New York City office, having been shipped from Freiburg. These consisted of a cabinet with organ pipes and a roll-playing mechanism reproducing the recordings of organ artists. These proved to be popular for residential use. A particularly large one was installed in the "castle" Howard Gould was constructing in Sands Point, New York on Long Island Sound. Salesman and showroom manager W.H. Bodine commented, "I consider this one of the handsomest lines we have offered. There have been some improvements in the musical mechanism, and while the sample instrument has been on exhibition but a short time, orders are already booked, going as far as San Francisco west and Jacksonville south." By summer 1911, the Philharmonic was available in several different cabinet styles as well as built-in units with one, two or three keyboards.

Most Welte Philharmonics used Philharmonic rolls. This one is special in that it was made to use rolls based on the 75-note orchestrion scale. As such it is a member of that rarefied and very desirable class of Welte keyboard-less orchestrions.

Size (organ): 4 ft. 10 in. x 9 ft. 7 in. x 2 ft. 8 in.

Size (matching roll cabinet): 2 ft. 2 in. x 19 in. x 4 ft. 4 in.