About Player Piano

PLAYER PIANO could refer to: 1) a Japanese band with Kato Hideki: voice, Turner fretless bass, Steinberger bass, double bass, computer programming Otomo Yoshihide: turntables, guitar Makio: drums, guitar, stick bass, computer programming Michiaki Tanaka: talking drum ============================== 2) a self-playing piano (also known as pianola or autopiano), containing a pneumatic or electro-mechanical mechanism that operates the piano action via pre-programmed music 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. Player Piano Memories / Big Band Hits / Ragtime / All Time Favorites ============================== 3) an American band The Player Piano ============================== 4) the nom de plume of Indiana-born, London-fed Jeremy Radway. album Into The Dark see www.myspace.com/playerpianomusic ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ also see Maksim Mrvica The Piano Player Ramsey Lewis The Piano Player