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Automatic Pian: A Collectors Guide to the Pianola, Barrel Piano, and Aeolian Orchestrelle by Arthur W. J. G. Ord-Hume (Hardcover, 2004)

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The era of the self-playing or automatic piano embraced the first three decades of the 20th century. Piano-playing cabinets were followed by the pneumatic player-piano, soon to be known the world over by the name of the leading American make - Pianola. There were many other makes, of course, with names like Kastonome, Triumph, Pistonola, Claviola, Autoplayer and Apollo. Invented almost simultaneously in Germany and America, player pianos became the most sought-after addition to the family home and the huge industry that built them and made their perforated paper music rolls became both important and wealthy. This book, written by a world-renowned authority on mechanical music and its instruments, relates the development of the automatic piano from the spring-powered dulcimer-playing musical clocks of the 16th century through the once-popular barrel-playing pianos and street pianos to the great era of the Reproducing Piano that could bring a famous artist's interpretation of a musical classic into your own drawing-room. The inventors, their perpetual quest for perfection, and their successes and failures are related in this new and fully-illustrated history. Just how the automatic piano works is described in both words and the author's own clear line-drawings, together with 603 b/w and 43 full colour photos. Also, a guide to servicing, maintaining, and playing player pianos and the magnificent Aeolian Orchestrelle roll-playing reed organ is included. Illustrated appendices include a list of makers, brand-names, and a modern-day valuation guide.

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Publisher
Schiffer Publishing LTD
ISBN-13
9780764320248
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95128011

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Author
Arthur w. J. G. Ord-Hume
Publication Name
Automatic Pian: a Collectors Guide to the Pianola, Barrel Piano, and Aeolian Orchestrelle
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Writing & Reading
Publication Year
2004
Type
Référence
Number of Pages
480 Pages

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Item Height
279mm
Item Width
216mm

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Title_Author
Arthur w. J. G. Ord-Hume
Topic
Musical Instruments
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States

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Automatic Pian: A Collectors Guide to the Pianola, Barrel Piano, and Aeolian Orchestrelle by Arthur W. J. G. Ord-Hume (Hardcover, 2004)

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