Our Player Piano ... actually playing !!!

Well, we've had some down time and have started tinkering with the player piano. It plays more notes now then ever. Still needs some work though. Enjoy !!!

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[chrislanni]

"Across the Alley from the Alamo"

[15firekid]

do they still make player piano,s

[chrislanni]

They do but they are more based on electronics rather then mechanical action as the older pianos are. They are also pretty expensive. An old "junker" like ours can be purchased pretty cheaply and with a little mechanical ability, some reference materual and a few good sources on the web, you should be able to get it fired up for a few songs. Good luck !!!

[Huckabeezer]

How cool it must be to have this at home!! Thanks for letting us into your lives long enough to share it. There are some songs that would sound fabulous and really authentic with this tuned exactly as it is here. I wonder if you've gotten any more rolls?

[chrislanni]

We are renovating an old farmhouse & have designed an area off the kitchen somewhere in the middle of the 1st floor so we can have it available all the time. When we got the piano, the seller included 6 boxes of rolls, some in bad shape, some good and some never played so we have been going through them. We recently bought a four song roll at a yard sale that is all patriotic songs so we'll be playing that this weekend. Two of the songs capture the playing of two people at the same time.

[slaphappy59]

do the pianos only play themselves or can yuou play them as well

[chrislanni]

This piano can be played as you would a piano that is not outfitted with a mechanical player.

[TheTater1984]

my parents had one at home when i was about 8yrs old and eventually sold it. i am still in love with these pieces of mechanical beauty

[alluna]

Is this a Lakeside piano? If so, can I ask what the serial# on the piano is? I have recently acquired an old Lakeside piano, and I am having some trouble with figuring out how old it is. One appraiser told me 1923, but another poster on YouTube said his with the serial #156236 was made in 1922. Ours is serial #140881, so I thought ours would be older than 1922. If this is a Lakeside, would you mind sharing the serial# of your 1922 piano to help me solve the mystery? Thanks!

[bobbie4]

Such a beautiful machine. Happy to see it still running in fine shape.

[levitrabi]

Wonderfull pianino!!!(nice women)



[mdvwagner]

good work!

[RarewareLover]

I have a 1917 Estey Piano that my great-grandfather crafted, but it has pump pedals on the bottom which really gives me a workout.

This is great.

[cbkidder]

@rhblakeman QRS makes a modern unit that should fit in your player, and it runs on CDs instead of paper rolls.

[UzumakiNarutoX3]

It seems to be easy to get a working piano cheaply in the US... I live in germany and want to have one...But they are very expensive here, even if they have to be serviced.