Welte-Mignon
- Date
- 1904 · confidence medium
- Place
- Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
- Credited to
- Karl Bockisch y Edwin Welte
- Field
- Communication
What it is
A reproducing piano system from M. Welte & Sons, made by Edwin Welte and Karl Bockisch, that recorded and played back pianists' performances via a perforated roll, capturing tempo and dynamic nuances previously impossible to register.
What it led to
- earliest surviving recordings of famous pianists' performances
- model for other reproducing piano systems (Duo-Art, Ampico)
- precursor to recording expressive musical performance
- later decline against the phonograph and disc record