Such an instrument might more aptly have been called a It is perhaps significant that at the very outset, Aeolian sought to emphasise the triple nature of its new instrument, allowingįor automatic performance, personal control of standard rolls, and the direct playing of the piano by hand. Passively to the performances of the great masters. On the part of Aeolian, namely an unsuccessful attempt to produce a synchronised phonograph and player piano, which occupied the Aeolian experimentalĭepartment for many years, and an apparent belief that most music-lovers wanted to create their own interpretations on the pianola, rather than to listen There would seem to be two reasons for this uncharacteristic tardiness Time the Welte-Mignon had been on sale for nine years, and various American manufacturers had already stepped into the market, such as the American PianoĬompany, with its Stoddard-Ampico system, which is reputed to have been launched in 1911. The Aeolian Company was a relatively late entrant to the world of reproducing pianos, bringing the Duo-Art before the musical public in March 1914. The Steinway Duo-Art Grand Piano, New York, Autumn 1914 onwards.
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