BOOKS ABOUT PLAYER PIANOS & PIANOS
 


Here are two fabulous publications by Arthur Reblitz, a highly respected expert on automatic musical instruments. These represent essential reading for those wishing to tackle the restoration of a player piano. I can recommend both without reservation.

Player Piano Servicing and Rebuilding
This is the companion volume to Piano Servicing, Tuning and Rebuilding. Subjects covered include: how player pianos work, how to choose an old player, how to restore each component of the mechanism, what materials and tools to use, details of specific makes of instruments, reproducing pianos, coin pianos and orchestrions. It also contains approximately 380 pictures, diagrams and drawings. Paperback only.

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Piano Servicing, Tuning and Rebuilding
For the Professional, the Student, the Hobbyist
The title of this book speaks for itself and is invaluable when rebuilding the piano components of your player. It covers how to buy a used piano, how to restore it to working order, how tuning is carried out, and how to regulate a piano.

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Piano Servicing, Tuning and Rebuilding
For the Professional, the Student, the Hobbyist
The title of this book speaks for itself and is invaluable when rebuilding the piano components of your player. It covers how to buy a used piano, how to restore it to working order, how tuning is carried out, and how to regulate a piano.

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The following publications do not refer specifically to the player piano, but nevertheless contain vital technical and historical information about pianos in general.

The Piano Book
Buying & Owning a New or Used Piano
By Larry Fine. Eveything you need to know about buying a secondhand piano.

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The Piano Book
Buying & Owning a New or Used Piano
By Larry Fine. Everything you need to know about buying a secondhand piano.

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Piano Tuning for Musicians and Teachers
By Donald W. Stauffer
Techniques for the tuning and repair of pianos.

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Theory and Practice in Piano Construction
By William Braid White
A detailed treatise on the art of piano construction.

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The following books contain historical information about the player piano and other automatic musical instruments.

Automatic Pianos: A Collector's Guide to the Pianola, Barrel Piano and Aeolian Orchestrelle
by Arthur W. J. G. Ord-Hume
A fabulous illustrated publication about player piano history, complete with technical information.

Hardcover

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Golden Age of Automatic Musical Instruments: Remarkable Music Machines and Their Stories
by Arthur A. Reblitz
A fabulous illustrated publication about automatic musical instruments, which naturally includes some historical information about the player piano.

Hardcover

**New publication**
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Encyclopedia of Automatic Musical Instruments
by Q. David Bowers
A fabulous illustrated publication about automatic musical instruments, which naturally includes some historical information about the player piano.

Hardcover
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Mechanical Music
by Kevin McElhone
This publication looks at the history of mechanical music in general and includes a section about the player piano.

Paperback

**New edition - completely revised**
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