pianola

Example Sentences

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“In the Beginning” featured an unpredictable mix of music, as the New Yorker described: “an old pianola roll, a hymn, the Beatles, an Irish patriotic song, Judy Collins, a spiritual, a march, Simon & Garfunkel.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 28, 2022

The film progresses slowly in 12 parts, each determined in some way by an astrological sign, and accompanied by music Van der Werve has written for pianola.

From The Guardian • Sep. 15, 2017

Considering all this, Stravinsky’s “Madrid” — written for mechanical pianola but presented in a two-pianos version by Stravinsky’s son Soulima — was perhaps too blithe and evocative to represent the evening’s thesis.

From New York Times • Aug. 19, 2013

The hose quivers, writhes and slithers about, as a hidden Hoover powers the pianola.

From The Guardian • Jun. 6, 2010

“Amaranta and the pianola Italian are going to get married.”

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez