单词 | player-piano |
释义 | player-pianon. A piano fitted with a pneumatic apparatus enabling it to play automatically by means of a rotating perforated roll that signals the notes to be played. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > stringed keyboards > [noun] > player-piano melotrope1887 pianola1898 autopiano1904 player-piano1905 machine-piano1926 1905 N.Y. Times 13 Oct. 11/7 (advt.) Elegant player-piano; rich, sweet tone. 1907 Strand Nov. 105 Melody Stops..distinguish the ‘Autopiano’ from all..player-pianos. 1927 Scribner's Mag. Feb. 70/1 The phonograph, the player-piano, the radio, have each been of great value in increasing musical knowledge. 1946 R. Blesh Shining Trumpets ii. xi. 243 He made an unknown quantity of player-piano rolls. 1992 Life May 43/2 Another was a player-piano salesman and calliope restorer whom I had recommended as a whiz at blowing smoke rings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1905 |
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