A Collector's Guide to the Pianola, Barrel Piano & Aeolian Orchestrelle Ord-Hume

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Item specifics

Country/Region of Manufacture
China
Pages
480
Type
Illustrated Book
ISBN
9780764320248
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Schiffer Publishing, The Limited
ISBN-10
0764320246
ISBN-13
9780764320248
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30250594

Product Key Features

Book Title
Automatic Pianos : a Collector's Guide to the Pianola, Barrel Piano, and Aeolian Orchestrelle
Number of Pages
480 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2004
Topic
Musical Instruments / Piano & Keyboard, Performing Arts, Musical Instruments / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Music, Antiques & Collectibles
Author
Arthur W. J G. Ord-Hume
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
8.8 in
Item Weight
98.3 Oz
Item Length
11 in
Item Width
8.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2004-000002
Dewey Edition
22
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Dewey Decimal
786.2
Synopsis
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.
LC Classification Number
ML1050.O69 2004

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