{"product_id":"automatic-pianos-a-collectors-guide-to-the-pianola-barrel-piano-aeolian-orchestrelle","title":"Automatic Pianos: A Collector's Guide to the Pianola, Barrel Piano, \u0026 Aeolian Orchestrelle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook info:\u003c\/strong\u003e Automatic Pianos: A Collector's Guide to the Pianola, Barrel Piano, \u0026amp; Aeolian Orchestrelle (Hardcover, 480 pages) – Schiffer, 2004. Language: English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n 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.  \n\n                                         Editorial Reviews                   About the Author   Arthur W. J. G. Ord-Hume is a world authority on mechanical music and its instruments. He lives in Surrey, England.                                           ","brand":"Arthur W. J. G. Ord-Hume","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46070164390122,"sku":"9780764320248","price":57.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/5301\/6298\/files\/713xbcZBAIL._SL1500.jpg?v=1781246380","url":"https:\/\/textbookme.store\/products\/automatic-pianos-a-collectors-guide-to-the-pianola-barrel-piano-aeolian-orchestrelle","provider":"TextbookMe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}