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Ivory keys on pianos?

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What role did Feurich and Popper play?

As it is so often the case with big developments, it was several brilliant persons who made Welte-Mignon to this world success. Bockisch-Welten-Popper-Feurich (photo from the magazine for instrument making No

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How does a Pianola work?

The basic principle of all pianolas is the same. Strongly simplified: Via pedals or an electrically operated suction air blower a negative pressure is generated in the closed self-playing mechanism. Via a playback and a

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What types of Pianola are there?

"Pianola" as a collective term for self-playing upright and grand pianos hardly suggests the great variety of these instruments. This variety is due to the successive development of the technical

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How is a Pianola constructed?

In order to familiarise yourself a little with the structure of the instrument, a brief description of the essential elements is given here. A more detailed description of the individual elements

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