George Antheil was an American composer, avant-garde and inventive, best known for his film score to Ballet méchanique. WNET’s Sue Sinclair wrote about Antheil for a recent post on the new blog ...

To Robert Berkman, a piano-like instrument wrongly believed to play itself was the perfect challenge to his creativity. Berkman, one of the world’s last traveling pianola musicians, will play the ...

The future for pianolas in Australia looks grim, with the country's only manufacturer of pianola music set to close down. A collapse in demand for the music is sending the unique business to the wall.

In this captivating Between the Ears, Professor Shawn Sobers uncovers the fascinating story of Emperor Haile Selassie I and his pianola as told through the music of the time. This Between the Ears ...

The first pianola was completed by Edwin Votey in a workshop in Detroit, in 1895. Suction power, produced by pumping air through bellows, controls the pianolas keys, which are 'played' by ...