player-piano

plural player-pianos

1. alternativeAlternative form of player piano.

   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.

   1909, Mary Roberts Rinehart, “In the Dining-Room”, in The Man in Lower Ten, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC, pages 333–334

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   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.

   1976, Sidney Harrison, “Pianos Play Themselves”, in Grand Piano, London: Faber and Faber, […], →ISBN, page 230

   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.

   2003, Mary Elizabeth Brantley Harvey, “No Return”, in Angels’ Wings, Fayetteville, Ark.: Lost Creek Press, →ISBN, page 87