Player Piano Pneumatic Keyboard Invention 1915 Ad Trade Card 23

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Player Piano Pneumatic Keyboard Invention 1915 Ad Trade Card 23
NOTE:
THESE ARE NOT POSTCARDS
THEY ARE TRADE/ADVERTISING CARDS.
THEY ARE MUCH SMALLER THAN A STANDARD POSTCARD
AND
THERE IS ADVERTISING TEXT ON THE BACK!
THE CARD DIMENSIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY
2 5/8 '' x 1 3/8 ''  or  6.5 cm. x 3.5 cm.
THIS IS AN ORIGINAL 1915 TRADE - ADVERTISING CARD
AUTOMATIC PLAYER PIANO
In 1863, the Frenchman Fourneaux invented the player piano. He called it, "Pianista", the first
pneumatic piano mechanism, which was introduced at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition
in 1876. In 1887, a year after Votey invented the Pianola; Edwin Welte introduced the
perforated paper roll in Germany. The perforated roll mechanism to make music was based
on the Jacquard punch cards used to weave designs into cloth.
In the spring and summer of 1896, Detroit's Edwin Scott Votey invented the PIANOLA in
his home workshop at 312 Forest Avenue, Detroit. Votey's first 1896 machine was in a
piano sized cabinet that was pushed up to the piano keyboard so that a row of wood
"fingers" aligned with the keys.
It used perforated paper rolls and foot-powered pedals. His was the first self-playing piano
attachment. He made his patent application based on a smaller version in 1897. On May 22,
1900 he was awarded patent number 650,285 for the first practical pneumatic piano
attachment. The Aeolian Company of New York produced it as their "Weber" and "Pianola" player pianos.
GREAT IMAGE!
THE REVERSE SIDE HAS TEXT ABOUT THE IMAGE ON THE FRONT SIDE
SEE IMAGES ABOVE
THE CARD DIMENTIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY
2 5/8 '' x 1 3/8 ''  or  6.5 cm. x 3.5 cm.
NOTE:
THE IMAGE ABOVE IS LARGER THAN THE CARD
TO SHOW THE DETAIL.
THIS IS 100+ YEARS OLD
IT IS NOT PERFECT
THERE MAY BE VERY SLIGHT PAPER LOSS OTHER FLAWS
SEE IMAGES ABOVE!
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