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Player pianos

Scope note

Pianos fitted with a device for automatic playing, most commonly a mechanism for playing perforated paper rolls.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300041716

Broader Terms used

pianos

Equivalent Terms used

player piano

Created

13yrs ago

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