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
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
He had Steinway program a player piano to perform “Mad Rush” with Glass pounding playing style, and he had his roaming camera observe the big cat’s response to the music.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2024
A player piano dashed out a Scott Joplin rag, its pep perfectly scoring the electric scene.
From New York Times • May 10, 2022
An older man dropped a coin into the player piano, which pushed out a quick song like the kind from a carousel.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
