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WALTHAM PLAYER PIANOExceptionally well-made 1920\'s era Waltham Player Piano.
- Electric & fully operational working condition
- Tuned
- Includes bench & 187 rolls
- Price is firm
- Piano comes from a smoke-free home
The Waltham Piano Company, based out of Milwaukee, WI was known for it\'s emphasis on musical quality, and they had a strong reputation for building well-made pianos.Waltham\'s were discontinued in 1931 due to the Great Depression.Buyer must arrange for pick-up or delivery from near Appleton, Wisconsin (54106).
Aplayer piano(also known aspianola,nickelodeon, orautopiano) is a self-playingpiano, containing apneumaticorelectro-mechanicalmechanism that operates the piano action via pre-programmedmusicrecorded on perforatedpaper, or in rare instances, metallic rolls. The rise of the player piano grew with the rise of the mass-produced piano for the home in the late 19th and early 20th century.[1]Sales peaked in 1924, then declined as the improvement inphonographrecordings due to electrical recording methods developed in the mid-1920s.Thestock market crash of 1929virtually wiped out production.
