About 130 years ago, the job of pianist was automated when Edwin Votey created the first player piano. The machine worked by reading music that was encoded by holes punched into rolls of paper, which ...

In 1918, Lucy Gooch received a wondrous gift from her parents – a new player piano from Montelius Music House in Seattle. Though the name “Montelius Music” was scripted on the piano, it was likely ...

Bob Berkman has been playing the piano his whole life. He got hooked on it because his grandparents had a player piano and in his words "I thought it was the neatest thing there was and I still do". A ...

On any given night at Mount Vernon's new Sing-A-Long Bar & Grill, visitors might find Mount Vernon Main Street and Marketing Director Joe Jennison holding court at a player piano, leading staff and ...

Ramin Djawadi is the reigning king of HBO soundtracks. After being the guy responsible for the earworm opening title music for Game of Thrones, as well as that show’s elegant and wide-ranging ensemble ...