Aeolian Pianola Piano Player
date: label: date made
content: ca 1905
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This piano player was made by Aeolian Co. in New York, New York, around 1905. It is a Themodist-Metrostyle player, with 65 felt covered metal fingers. This instrument can accommodate 11-1/4" wide 65 note piano or 65 note Themodist paper rolls. This pianola has a hinged lid to access the spool box to exchange piano rolls, and levers to operate bass and treble accents, tempo, and play/rewind. A sliding panel on the bottom front of the pianola conceals two folding foot pedals used to activate the bellows. The back of the pianola with its 65 felt covered metal fingers is placed above the corresponding keys on a piano, with a lever at the bottom in contact with the piano’s sustain pedal.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Edwin Votey is attributed as the inventor for this instrument. The patent for it was originally filed in 1897 and then renewed in 1900. U.S. Patent #650285, dated May 22, 1900.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Mechanical Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mills Dean III in memory of Clarence R. Shoemaker
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.73.36
label: catalog number
content: 73.36
label: accession number
content: 304324
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piano player
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 40 in x 46 in x 18 in; 101.6 cm x 116.84 cm x 45.72 cm