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The sometime collaborator of Oneohtrix Point Never and FKA twigs switches from prepared to acoustic piano on Moves in the Field, using a modern player piano, the Yamaha Disklavier, to write melodies too intricate for human hands.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 29 Mar. 2024
Consider the player piano, a machine that takes rolls of paper as input.
—Alex Reisner, The Atlantic, 29 Feb. 2024
In the late 1890s, that technology was the piano roll, which allowed player pianos to produce music without humans touching the keys.
—Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2023
Moran made her new EP using a Yamaha Disklavier player piano.
—Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 10 Nov. 2023
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First Known Use
1905, in the meaning defined above
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“Player piano.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/player%20piano. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
player piano
noun
: a piano containing an automatic playing mechanism
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