Player Piano History
By Damon Atchison
I am writing a paper on early mechanical music from 1890-1930. It will
focus on pneumatically operated systems. I have a few questions that I'd
like to ask of you all.
1. Why were the first player piano systems only 65-note?
2. How expensive were player pianos to the average consumer of the era
from circa 1911-1929?
3. What (88-note) player brand was considered to be the best in terms of
it's system and/or piano?
Any info would be very helpful as these topics I am a little fuzzy on.
Thanks, Damon Atchison
Damon66@juno.com
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