player piano

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The phonograph and the player piano together brought technological musical reproduction into the home in the early 1900s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

Any piece for so many pianos is bound to call to mind Conlon Nancarrow, an American composer who wrote vastly complex music for the player piano.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025

John Cage’s short, Satie-esque “Experiences 1” and Conlon Nancarrow’s tango-like Study No. 6, originally for player piano, then introduced John Adams’ “Hallelujah Junction.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2025

Inspired by the player piano in Mr. Sidner’s office, the project, she said, explores “music as craft.”

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2021

Farther in, a player piano was playing something that was intended to have been Ravel’s “Bolero.”

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman