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Introducing The Last Archive

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

CHAPTER

The Story of the Player Piano

The player piano was a kind of robot too, one we often forget about. By 1919, when Scott was 11, there were more player pianos being sold than regular pianos. 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.

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