• Player-piano

    Full definition of player-piano

    Noun

    1. Alternative form of en.
      • Rinehart Man in Lower Ten|pages=333–334|pageref=334|passage=From somewhere above came the metallic accuracy of a player-piano, and through the open window we could hear—or feel—the throb of the Cannonball’s engine.
      • 1976, w:Sidney Harrison, Grand Piano Chapter Pianos Play Themselves, Fortunately there are enthusiasts who restore old player-pianos with great devotion, much as other people restore the cars that Mr. Royce built for Mr. Rolls, and they are catered for in a number of books, of which one of the most splendid is Player-Piano by Arthur W. G. Ord-Hume—a history, a picture-book and a restorer’s manual.
      • 2003, Mary Elizabeth Brantley Harvey, Angels’ Wings Chapter No Return, On a small platform three girl singers from the local high school wait to entertain the old folks as a red-haired boy strikes a note on the ancient player-piano.
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