player piano

Noun

Meaning

a mechanically operated piano that uses a roll of perforated paper to activate the keys

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

player-piano

Synonyms

pianola mechanical piano clavier player instrument piano keyboard pianoforte clavichord grand piano musical instrument piano player keyboard instrument barrel organ spinet
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Hypernyms

piano pianoforte forte-piano

Examples

A machine perforates a performance recording into rolls of paper, and the player piano replays the performance using pneumatic devices. Source: Internet

Modern equivalents of the player piano include the Bösendorfer CEUS, Yamaha Disklavier and QRS Pianomation, citation using solenoids and MIDI rather than pneumatics and rolls. Source: Internet

Grieg also made live-recording player piano music rolls for the Hupfeld Phonola piano-player system and Welte-Mignon reproducing system, all of which survive today and can be heard. Source: Internet

He recorded for Edison's company, producing some of the earliest disk recordings, and also the earliest ragtime recordings in any medium other than player piano. Source: Internet

In 1918 he won a talent contest playing Johnson's "Carolina Shout", a song he learned from watching a player piano play it. Source: Internet

Several of these were recorded on player piano rolls, several of which have survived to this day. Source: Internet

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