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Pianola|piːəˈnəʊlə|
Also pianola.
[app. intended as a dim. of piano n.2]
Proprietary name of a mechanical contrivance which when attached to a piano can be made to play tunes upon it: see quot. 1901; also, a piano which incorporates such a mechanism, a player-piano. Also attrib.
1901Scotsman 5 Mar. 7/1 The pianola..is..a mechanical attachment to the piano..a small cabinet..easily adjustable to the keyboard of the piano and, being fed by a perforated roll of paper, and furnished with wind-power by means of bellows, can play the most difficult music without the performer..touching the keyboard. 1904Daily Chron. 11 Oct. 1/5 The word Pianola is a Registered Trade Mark. 1908Daily Chron. 31 July 5/4 The ingenious contrivance of an Australian engineer who claims to have invented an accurate recording target... The figures are printed on paper, which runs at the required speed on two rollers on what may be described as the pianola principle. 1912Collier's 26 Oct. 23/1 It's usually one of the White Light hits to begin with—and it's odd how exquisite they are on the Pianola. 1916Proc. Musical Assoc. 1915–16 16 The Press have adopted the term ‘Pianola’ as a generic name for all mechanical piano-player devices. 1943J. B. Priestley Daylight on Saturday xii. 78 We'll find out..we're not making planes any more but sewing machines and pianolas. 1947Sat. Rev. Lit. (U.S.) 25 Oct. 65/2 Unlike vaudeville, the pianola is not dead. 1953Dylan Thomas Under Milk Wood (1954) 10 He sold the pianola. 1962Trade Marks Jrnl. 26 Sept. 1315/2 Pianola... Player-pianos. Aeolian American Corporation.., New York,..United States of America; manufacturers and merchants. 1978F. Weldon Praxis xii. 82 Mrs. Allbright played the pianola with too many stops out. 1980L. Lewis Private Life of Country House iv. 47 A large walnut Steck piano with pianola player incorporated.
b. = pianola hand below.
1974Country Life 9 May 1155/3 With everything right, the [bridge] contract is a pianola.
c. Comb., as pianola-like adj.; pianola hand Cards, a hand that is easy to play; pianola roll = music-roll (b) s.v. music n. 13 d.
1913F. Irwin Auction High-Lights ii. 22 Which do you like better, a ‘pianola’ hand or a hand where you have to tussle and fight for every point? 1945E. Bowen Demon Lover 134 The pianola-like play of the conversation did not drown the nervousness round the table.
1915Chicago Daily News Almanac 1916 615/2 The Coe music collection..[contains] 560 pianola rolls. 1959‘F. Newton’ Jazz Scene ii. 33 Old pianola rolls by the leading composer-players of this earliest jazz style. |