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The first practical pneumatic piano player, manufactured by the Aeolian Company and called the "Pianola", [3] was invented in 1896 by Edwin S. Votey, and came into widespread use in the 20th century. The name "pianola", sometimes used as a generic name for …

Information about the pianola, the player piano, the reproducing piano, their music, history, design, development, advertising, music rolls, mechanisms, societies, museums, and links.

Information about the pianola or player piano, how it works, history, music rolls, the reproducing piano, societies, museums, spares and repairs, original advertising material and links.

An 88-note Pianola in Concert - Queen's Hall, London, England, 14 June 1912. The 88-note system began to spread around the world in 1909. The first such instruments manufactured by Aeolian were delivered in January of that year, and the …

Standard built-in player pianos can be traced back to the late 1890s, and both Wilcox and White and the Aeolian Company sold a few. The Wilcox and White player was called the Angelus, while Aeolian marketed the Aeriol Piano (later called the Aeriola), which was designed and built by Theodore P. Brown of Worcester, Mass.

After the World War II era, Aeolian re-introduced a line of small modern upright player pianos under the “Pianola” brand name. These modern player pianos were popular for several decades, and many were sold through the 1950s-1980s era.

‘Pianola’ was the registered trade-name for the ‘player pianos’ made by the New York-based Aeolian Company. It became, albeit incorrectly, the generic term for any mechanically …

It made the first grand piano pianola in 1904, and also patented a number of techniques adopted throughout the industry to improve the control of the sound produced. It made pianola rolls under the tradenames Metrostyle, Themodist and Universal.

The Pianola is the name of a player piano patented by Edwin Votey in the early 1900s produced by the Aeolian Company. [1] Made in the Memphis, TN, factory, the Pianola became famous as one of the first player pianos marketed for the average American for in-home use.