player piano

     

The player piano is a piano containing a pneumatic mechanism that plays on the piano action pre-programme music via perforated paper rolls. The true player piano was designed to be a fully interactive musical experience rather than merely an automatic instrument and hence they are fitted with interactive control levers intended for the "player pianist" or "pianolist" to create a music performance to their own taste. The player piano would provide aspiring pianists and music lovers with the technical dexterity they lacked whilst permitting them to control the musical performance interactively as if they were an accomplished pianist. The rise of the player piano grew with the rise of the mass-produced piano in the house and the sheet music industry explosion of the late 19th and early 20th century. The advent of electrical amplification in home music reproduction via the gramophone and wireless in the mid 1920s caused the eventual decline in popularity. Today a new generation is discovering the unique interactive musical experience these old instruments are capable of creating through the efforts of the various enthusiast societies.

Trivia about player piano

  • A piano of this type that required insertion of a nickel to operate was called a nickelodeon
  • You don't need to tickle the ivories on this device that uses a roll of perforated paper to activate the keys
  • In the 1880s John McTammany, Jr. received several patents for this type of piano
  • Union soldier John McTammany was on a roll when he invented this honky-tonk musical instrument
  • You insert a roll into this instrument for it to tickle its own ivories
  • Free from worry about too-slow human hands, Stravinsky wrote a 1917 etude for this now seldom-seen instrument

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  • RT @PianoMentor: I see the player #piano as the grandfather of the computer, the ancestor of the entire nightmare we live in.
  • Father John Misty performing Bored in the USA on Letterman is great, down with the player piano.
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  • I'm pretty sure the player piano in this building is playing Green Day's "Brain Stew".
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  • Musette piano used in the movie Calico - Movie is a later version of the first player piano made by the Aolen...
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  • コンロン・ナンカロウ https://t.co/gdoYShoXJP アメリカ生まれで、メキシコへ亡命した現代音楽の作曲家。自動ピアノ（Player Piano）のための作品群で知られる。 https://t.co/Hxp3ulOIlD
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  • #music Klavier 88 Player Piano Music Roll #1697 "Hallelujah Chorus" Hard to find roll
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  • #music US Player Piano Music Roll #44721 "Just A Memory" Hard to find roll
  • RT @KawaiPianos: #PlayerPiano enthusiast refurbished 12 antique player pianos because he was intrigued with the mechanics.
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  • "unplayable MIDI songs" are a new thing?! Conlon Nancarrow is spinning in his grave. much like a player piano spool https://t.co/lUw9P8XQ8K
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  • RT @LukeWahl: Father John Misty, an orchestra, a player piano, and a laugh track on @Letterman. This is brilliant. https://t.co/F1A0jdx7Bw
  • #PlayerPiano enthusiast refurbished 12 antique player pianos because he was intrigued with the mechanics.
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  • RT @reaktorplayer: Stanford's new player piano collection brings sounds of history to life:
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  • RT @djpangburn: Dan Deacon's @Moogfest setup, including a software-controlled player piano and Bleep Labs' The Thingamagoop 2...
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  • Father John Misty, an orchestra, a player piano, and a laugh track on @Letterman. This is brilliant. https://t.co/F1A0jdx7Bw
  • RT @deanchristesen: Father John Misty performing a new song on @Letterman, atop a player piano, with a 22-member string section. Amazing.
  • A player piano, a laugh track, and a lyric meant for a talk show audience. Perfect.
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