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19th
Century Steinway
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Two
views of an electric piano built by the Auto Electric Piano
Company sometime between 1900 and 1910. The firm, headquartered
in New York City, was active in the coin piano business during
that time. The instrument shown uses an endless 44-note piano
roll and is similar in format to 44-note pianos bearing such
other contemporary names as Peerless, North Tonawanda Musical
Instrument Works and Regal.
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An
early barrel-operated piano (circa 1840) manufactured by Theodore
C. Bates and Son of London. At the time, the Bates company, which
made both barrel pianos and organs, had established a reputation
for high quality instruments. Also called "street pianos"
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One
of the largest Coinola orchestrations made, introduced in 1920
had a keyboard orchestration with the extra instruments
(xylophone as the solo instruments plus drums and taps) housed in
a glass extension on top fronted with opalescent glass. Only 75
to 100 were sold at $2200.
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Decker
Brothers upright with Janko keyboard (c. 1890)
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A
Kahn & Ridgeway Giraffe Piano (1860)
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