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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


(Message sent Thu 24 Apr 1997, 23:54:26 GMT, from time zone GMT-0400.)

Key Words in Subject:  History, Piano, Player

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