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player piano

A mechanically operated piano, especially a pedal-operated or motor-driven piano using pneumatic suction to move the keys in correspondence to the perforations on a turning piano roll.

player piano

(Music / Instruments) a mechanical piano; Pianola

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player piano - a mechanically operated piano that uses a roll of perforated paper to activate the keys

mechanical piano, Pianola

forte-piano, piano, pianoforte - a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds

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player piano

n → automatisches Klavier

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forte-piano instrument instrumentalist mechanical piano music music roll musician nickelodeon Phonograph Records pianist piano piano roll pianoforte pianola player			Inside this cluttered room, filled with equipment and intricate player-piano parts, the 56-year-old craftsman steps back into his favorite century. RESTORER LIKES LIVING IN THE PAST PLAYER PIANO IS A TIME MACHINE by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) The Ardittis fill out the disc with arrangements of four of the player-piano studies, a tiny Toccata for violin and player piano, as well as the version of the Third Quartet Nancarrow prepared for his beloved mechanical keyboard to check that its complexities made musical sense; that version has an almost manic intensity that mere human performers, even superb ones such as the Ardittis, can't quite match. Nancarrow: Quartets & Studies, Arditti Quartet by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk In Kumao's installation, Feed, 1994, images were projected onto various surfaces: a player-piano scroll, a paper screen, blank photograph frames, and the interior of a cardboard box. Heidi Kumao by Licata, Elizabeth / Artforum International			play-action pass play-actor play-box play-by-play play-centre Play-Doh play-lunch play-off play-the-ball playa playability playable playact playacting playactor playback Playbill playbook playbox playboy Playday played played out player player piano Player-piano playfellow Playfere playful playfully playfulness Playgame playgirl playgoer Playgoing playground playground ball playground slide playgroup playhouse playing playing area playing card Playing cards playing field playing period playlet playlist Playlobium obtusangulum playmaker playmate			player piano player piano Player Resource Consortium Player rolls Player Summer School on Cognitive Robotics Player to be named later Player to Watch Player Tracking System Player Value Rating Player versus environment Player versus monster Player versus Monster-Player Player versus player Player vs Player Player vs Player vs Environment Player vs. Player Gaming Network Player with Attitude Player's Club of Tampa Bay Player's Guide to Faerun Player's Handbook Player's Handbook 2 Player, Gary Player, Gary Player, Gary Player, Gary Player-based, Force Instrumentation for Realistic Exercises Player-Killer Killer Player-Owned City Player-piano Player-pianos Player-pianos Players Players Players Players Players 4 Players Players Ball Hockey League Players Club Players Development Academy Players Guide to High Clans Players Hockey League Players League Players Medical Benefit Fund Players of Quality Players Only Live Once Players Softball Tournament Series Players, The Playfair Playfair's Playfair's Playfair's Axiom Playfair's Axiom Playfair's law Playfair's Postulate Playfair's Postulate Playfair, John Playfair, Sir Nigel playfellow playfellows

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