Pianola

[ pee-uh-noh-luh ]

Trademark.

1. a brand of player piano.

noun

1. (lowercase) Bridge. a hand, as a laydown, that is very easy to play.
2. (lowercase) something that is very easy to do or accomplish.

Pianola

/ pɪəˈnəʊlə /

noun

1. a type of mechanical piano in which the keys are depressed by air pressure from bellows, this air flow being regulated by perforations in a paper roll Also calledplayer piano

Example Sentences

The family had evidently arrived, for the unmistakable sounds of a pianola were issuing from the house.

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We can read books for ourselves; and we can play a good deal of fine music for ourselves with the help of a pianola.

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A landsman would have said that my progress resembled pumping a rhapsody on a pianola, or skiing in the Alps.

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For a person who makes a habit of playing the pianola simply has to toddle the music out of his ankles.

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There is one lamp and one table, and one stove, and unless papa plays the pianola there is nothing to do but talk.

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Related Words

• grand piano
• instrument
• keyboard