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

Like the Themodist Pianola, the Duo-Art divided its playing mechanism into two halves, although the border from bass to treble occurred between E b and E above middle C, one note lower than on most other systems.

Duo-Art artist roll, played by Enrique Granados, at Museu de la Música de Barcelona. Duo-Art was one of the leading reproducing piano technologies of the early 20th century, the others being American Piano Company (Ampico), introduced in 1913 too, and Welte-Mignon in 1905.

The Pedal-Electric Duo-Art (PEDA): this is a dual-purpose instrument capable of being configured either to operate electrically as a reproducing piano, or to be used as a conventional pedal-operated player piano.

In March 1914, Aeolian introduced the Duo-Art, a reproducing piano which could play back rolls recorded by well-known pianists and composers, and from then on in the United States, the foot-operated Pianola seemed less interesting, both to Aeolian's customers and to its marketing department. After all, America is the land of automation.

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.

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Welcome to Pianola! Start creating music by playing a short snippet or selecting an example seed from the Play menu. Switch between Composer, Autoplay, and Free Play in the settings for different playstyles!

The Pianola or player piano is a piano that plays automatically, with information on the note and its duration read from holes made in a moving paper roll. It has a normal keyboard and can be played by hand in the usual way.

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