1922 Player Piano and St. Louis Blues Boogie

This is a 1922 Lakeside Player Piano. I found this on eBay around 5 years ago. The music is an extended roll QRS number XP-370-C. The first song on the roll, St. Louis Blues Boogie, original QRS number 7971. Played by J. Lawrence Cook.

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Music

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• Player
• Piano
• St
• Louis
• Blues
• Boogie
• J.
• Lawrence
• Cook

[DuoArtDanOz]

Wow great looking player! , love the mouldings finnish on the case.

[jg6364]

Thanks

[Anonx78345]

Or show off to your friends your "psychic" abilities. lol

[11phcousins]

lv it

[judsons]

J. LAWRENCE COOK sure could play. I guess that's why he was used exclusively.

[VioletGiraffe]

@louswire

Cool video, thanks a lot!

[louswire]

@VioletGiraffe  Check this out, it might help you to understand these 19th century machines... Boogie Woogie on the Player Piano just copy/paste the title in the search window.

[VioletGiraffe]

@louswire

Thanks for explanation! The thought about pneumatics had crossed my mind, but I wasn't sure.

Amazing machine indeed.

[louswire]

@VioletGiraffe Vacuum power. Foot peal, or later, motorized players used vacuum to draw air in through the holes in the paper roll.

There were small actuators, (one for each note), that would cause the hammer to move as hard as if played by hand.

The three foot pedals were also operated by vacuum servos.

[VioletGiraffe]

@louswire

That a I understand, but what kind of force sets it to motion? What type of engine does it use?

[louswire]

@VioletGiraffe TOTALLY Mechanical... the artist, plays on a special piano, that punches the holes into (what will become, the 'master' roll) then the roll is reproduced and sold. You buy the roll, and play it on your own player, and it's as if the artist is right there in your house playing for you. the truest music reproduction system of the pre-electric era.

[VioletGiraffe]

How does it work? Is it electrical?

They could make such a device in early 20's ?! Wow!

[naturalgirl32]

Beautiful, I would love to have a player; been looking for one!

[MrJedidiah99]

i would be freaked out by that piano