The first of these was a relatively simple device controlled by an adapted pianola.
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The hose quivers, writhes and slithers about, as a hidden Hoover powers the pianola.
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The earliest example of a pianola was produced in 1863, which is before Edison's phonograph.
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I still run the pianola now and again, there's a box of rolls that still work, but the tuning's mostly gone.
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Where will I get another pianola from?
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PiaNOLA opens with a song worthy of its name.
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When she was eight her father Dave brought home an old pianola he had bought at an auction and Katherine was hooked.
From the express.co.uk
Because any recording of sound is in some way codified, whether it is a cd, an lp, or a paper pianola roll with punches.
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Mr Elbaum did a job where the projector emerged from a coffee table and once connected a pianola to a sound system.
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Mechanical piano: a mechanically operated piano that uses a roll of perforated paper to activate the keys
A player piano (also known as pianola or autopiano) is a self-playing piano, containing a pneumatic or electro-mechanical mechanism that operates the piano action via pre-programmed music perforated paper, or in rare instances, metallic rolls. ...
Pianola is a small town near L'Aquila, Abruzzo in central Italy. It is situated in the Apennine Mountains at above sea level.
A trade name for player Piano: played mechanically