player piano
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The player piano and the phonograph not only introduced recorded music to a mass audience, they also prepared the way for machines to become integrated into musical creation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026
Rinaudo spent the next few years searching for one, cold-calling player piano sellers, theater owners and antique shops.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2025
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
A player piano dashed out a Scott Joplin rag, its pep perfectly scoring the electric scene.
From New York Times • May 10, 2022
The diamonds of the backgammon board undulated like player piano keys.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
