Buyenlarge 0-587-00696-x-G1624 Pianos Autopianistas Fine Art Giclee Print 16" x 24"

An advertisements for self playing Pianos in the Spanish market. The ladyplayingthe piano seemingly conjures up the Ghost of Beethoven with the music. A player piano (also known as pianola, or autopiano) is a self-playing piano, containing a pneumatic or electro-mechanical mechanism that operates the piano action via pre-programmed music recorded on perforated paper, or in rare instances, metallic rolls. The rise of the player piano grew with the rise of the mass-produced piano for the home in the late 19th and early 20th century.