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Player Piano
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The Story of the Player Piano
When Scott was a kid, people thought the player piano would be the future of music. Songs were sold as scrolls of paper with little holes punched out for each note. The result? You could hear nearly any song in your home - even if you had no idea how to play it yourself. By 1919, when Scott was 11, there were more player pianos being sold than regular pianos. Copyright laws in the United States were built around the player piano and the record player in equal part.
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