metrostylen.
/ˈmɛtrəstʌɪl/, U.S. /ˈmɛtrəˌstaɪl/ Music. Now historical.
A device for regulating the speed of a player-piano.
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keyboard player1881
piano-player1898
metrostyle1903
1903 N.Y. Times 30 Mar. 14/5 (advt.) The Metrostyle is the most wonderful invention ever made in music. The Metrostyle Pianola is on exhibition and for sale.
1907 World 16 July 140/2 The Model ‘K’ is a pianola equipped with the Metrostyle.
1909 H. G. Wells Tono-Bungay (U.K. ed.) i. ii. 76 There was a different grand piano with a painted lid and a metrostyle pianola.
1920 (title) Catalogue of all 65 and 68 note music rolls issued for the pianola and pianola piano, including metrostyle & themodist rolls.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
metrostylev.
/ˈmɛtrəstʌɪl/, U.S. /ˈmɛtrəˌstaɪl/ Music. Now historical.
transitive. To regulate the speed of (the roll in a player-piano) by means of a metrostyle.
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metrostyle1908
1908 G. Kobbé Pianolist ii. 31 Grieg—here are a couple of rolls from his ‘Peer Gynt’ suite metrostyled by himself.
1920 E. Newman Piano-player 147 The roll should be metrostyled by some artist who knows the work thoroughly.
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ˈmetrostyling n.
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metrostyling1920
1920 E. Newman Piano-player 148 Careful metrostyling would no doubt do away with the necessity for most of the time signs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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