pianola

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a piano that plays music mechanically from instructions recorded on a perforated paper roll

   The old pianola played a jaunty tune without a pianist.

Originally a trademark registered in the United States in 1898 for a mechanical piano player, formed from piano with the commercial suffix -ola. The name later became a general term for a player piano, especially in British English.

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