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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.
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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
Unfortunately, the cash register and the player piano aren’t included—but they’re being offered separately at the same event.
—Justin Ray, Robb Report, 11 May 2023
Our family has a thrilling story in its history about our grandfather and his brothers rescuing the family’s player piano from their burning house.
—Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 24 Mar. 2023
Is this moment more like the invention of the calculator, saving me from the tedium of long division, or more like the invention of the player piano, robbing us of what can be communicated only through human emotion?
—Daniel Herman, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2022
Gershwin wrote a number of piano rolls meant to be performed on a player piano.
—Sheryl Devore, chicagotribune.com, 16 Feb. 2022
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
Unfortunately, the cash register and the player piano aren’t included—but they’re being offered separately at the same event.
—Justin Ray, Robb Report, 11 May 2023
Our family has a thrilling story in its history about our grandfather and his brothers rescuing the family’s player piano from their burning house.
—Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 24 Mar. 2023
Is this moment more like the invention of the calculator, saving me from the tedium of long division, or more like the invention of the player piano, robbing us of what can be communicated only through human emotion?
—Daniel Herman, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2022
Gershwin wrote a number of piano rolls meant to be performed on a player piano.
—Sheryl Devore, chicagotribune.com, 16 Feb. 2022
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“Player piano.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/player%20piano. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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