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Pianos in Western Movies
By Dick Bueschel

In response to John Tuttle's chuckles over western bars with pianos, the
evolutionary prognosis is very clear.  European coin-op pianos early
1890s, the American Peerless in 1896, and the Wurlitzer Tonophone in
1899, with the real explosion in product occurring after 1900.

I have many photos of western and other saloons with musical instruments
in them, and the pianos really start around 1902 or so.  Coin-op Edison M
phonographs and music boxes are earlier.

Dick Bueschel

(Message sent Sun 8 Jun 1997, 14:21:24 GMT, from time zone GMT-0400.)

Key Words in Subject: Movies, Pianos, Western

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