| 单词 | player piano |
| 例句 | Because the apartment is located right on top of the steakhouse, I can hear the noisy player piano in the bar every night as I fall asleep. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I love the ice cream here, but my favorite part of the place is the player piano. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z He invented, for example, a player organ: an organ which, like a player piano, automatically played music according to the information conveyed by pins on a turning drum. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z An older man dropped a coin into the player piano, which pushed out a quick song like the kind from a carousel. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Farther in, a player piano was playing something that was intended to have been Ravel’s “Bolero.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I think I was trying to drown out the sounds of the annoying player piano, which I wanted to kick to death at the moment. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The diamonds of the backgammon board undulated like player piano keys. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In the last movement of George Antheil’s mechanistic First Violin Sonata, the pianist and violinist Andrew Tholl gave the impression of a violin trapped in the gears of a haunted, manic player piano. A different way to experience John Adams' music: Sitting onstage, next to the musicians 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z Now, Mr. Herr is stuck with a dozen or so Steinway player pianos in the cluttered basement and garage of his 1920s-era house on 77th Avenue in Forest Hills. Character Study: Randolph Herr, 64, Maestro of the Player Piano 2012-09-08T04:03:04Z Mr. Herr, an aficionado of player pianos, is renowned for repairing, restoring and playing them, using levers to manipulate the speed, loudness and dynamics of the instrument. Character Study: Randolph Herr, 64, Maestro of the Player Piano 2012-09-08T04:03:04Z There were newfangled inventions: player pianos, phonographs and nickelodeons. Max Morath, Pianist Who Staged a One-Man Ragtime Revival, Dies at 96 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z But her show, in VisArts’ Gibbs Street Gallery, owes as much to the player piano as to digital technology. In the galleries: Strangely familiar objects for the eyes and ears 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z There is also a marathon performance of Nancarrow’s complete works for player piano from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday. Classical & Opera Listings for June 26-July 2 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Daytime visitors will hear some of the same compositions emanating from a player piano. At the Armory, a Great Flood 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z In one room, a half-woman, half-unicorn looms ominously over a player piano and, as my English brochure tells me, is said to play by telepathy. One of Paris’s magical secrets: A hidden funhouse and century-old carousel you can ride 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z The rotating stage is dominated by a wooden swing, a player piano and, most memorably, a gigantic fish: two halves of a trout, suspended high above the actors. Review: In a New Yasmina Reza Play, a Superfan Becomes Celine Dion 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z “From the development of player pianos and phonograph records to the advent of radio and the Internet,” Mr. Nadler said, “the law is a patchwork of reactions to changing technologies.” Rep. Nadler to Music Industry: Get It Together on Copyright Issues 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z Radiohead has provided the musical accompaniment for Maeve since the second episode, when “No Surprises” scrolled through the player piano as she unsuccessfully solicited a guest. ‘Westworld’ Season 1, Episode 6: The Tipping Point 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z When it proved technologically impossible to present the work with synchronized player pianos, Antheil arranged a modified version. ArtsBeat: Classical Playlist: George Antheil, Haydn, Sibelius and More 2014-03-19T16:00:09Z They always sat in the same bare room, unfolding newspapers while melodies flowed incessantly from the player piano, which was always stuck on the same tune. “Skylight” 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z The 26-minute giddy exercise in modernist mayhem was conceived for 15 synchronized player pianos, two regular pianos, xylophones, electric bells, airplane propellers, bass drums, a siren and more. ArtsBeat: Classical Playlist: George Antheil, Haydn, Sibelius and More 2014-03-19T16:00:09Z Mr. Metheny, who grew up in Lee’s Summit, Mo., traces his intrigue with musical automation to an antique player piano in the basement of his grandfather’s house in Wisconsin. 2010-01-30T00:49:00Z In the music room, there’s a reproduction of O’Neill’s player piano, Rosie, a happy reminder of his barroom days. Discovering Eugene O’Neill’s San Francisco 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z Nancarrow’s music for player piano went deliberately beyond what was possible for an ordinary piano played live. Review: Merce Cunningham’s ‘Crises’ Opens Dance at the New Whitney 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z The third section seems at first to be something of an interlude, adding sound-scape and atmosphere, but the player piano has metaphorical purpose. Poem of the week: The Seventh Art in the Sanatorium by Heather Hartley 2010-11-22T13:27:00Z In fact, none other than radical composer Georges Antheil, best known for his “Ballet Mécanique,” which requires 16 player pianos, as well as a cacophony of bells, buzzers, xylophones, airplane propellers and a siren. Rounding up some unusual suspects: Michael Dirda’s mystery book picks 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z The teacher would fit a roll of music into her player piano and the kids would jump until the roll was finished. Patricia McBride, passing on Balanchine’s torch with joy at Charlotte Ballet Yamaha’s Disklavier is a concert instrument that doubles as a contemporary player piano, able to reproduce a live performance without an actual player touching the keys. The piano: Keys of the future 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z Inspired by the player piano in Mr. Sidner’s office, the project, she said, explores “music as craft.” A Museum of Everyday Art Extends a Welcome Mat 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z He recorded himself playing Bach’s “Goldberg” Variations, beautifully, on a Yamaha Disklavier, a full grand piano with a high-tech player piano function; his program then played back each variation, but flipped. A Jazz Pianist Flips Bach Upside-Down 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z Before and after her performance, a sound installation played of poets and artists discussing race, while a player piano ran through a preprogrammed set of Mr. Iyer’s improvisations. Wynton Marsalis Provokes Again With Head-Scratching ‘Ever Fonky Lowdown’ 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z She had her dad’s gramophone on her left, a player piano on her right and five terrific musicians seated in between. Diana Krall takes fresh twist on forgotten tunes | Concert review 2014-04-17T19:10:57Z They had, in fact, burned up almost everything in the room except the player piano. Brett Kavanaugh’s Ignominious Place in the Long Tradition of Ivy League Carousing 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Raised in Chicago on traditional Irish music and old standards from a player piano, Mr. Reilly performed in musicals from a young age but didn’t learn guitar until college. John C. Reilly’s Group in Lincoln Center Songbook Series 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z The fact that these songs are performed on a player piano, an automated device that is in essence a robot itself, adds to this metaphor of creepy artificiality. Play it again, Ram: meet the man behind Westworld’s old-timey rock covers 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z From sheet music to wax cylinders and player pianos to stereo, subwoofers and Napster, each small shift moved the culture in some way. In defense of noise: Damon Krukowski’s 'The New Analog: Listening and Reconnecting in a Digital World' 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z But the player piano, which serves up catchy tunes even when it’s splattered with blood, hits us with Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun” from 1994. The Complete Guide to All Westworld's Many References 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z Glass does appear briefly, in the form of a Steinway Spirio piano — an instrument that can record sound and touch then reproduce it, like an advanced player piano. Review: Philip Glass and the Meaning of Life 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z "Circus Galop" is a highly complex piece, evoking the chaos of the Big Top, written specially for mechanical pianolas, or player pianos. Pianist Hamelin breathes new life into "dead" composers 2013-11-14T08:05:00Z If his canvas was the player piano, Nancarrow’s paint was rhythm. Review: The Whitney’s Conlon Nancarrow Festival is an Enchanting Tribute 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z He learned guitar, and absorbed the Irish music that his father loved and the Tin Pan Alley standards on the family’s player piano. John C. Reilly's love of roots music is no act 2013-06-20T19:47:00Z But the market for the player pianos that he used to buy and fix and sell has stagnated. Character Study: Randolph Herr, 64, Maestro of the Player Piano 2012-09-08T04:03:04Z A player piano dashed out a Scott Joplin rag, its pep perfectly scoring the electric scene. Kevin Morby Chases Ghosts, and a New Album, in Memphis 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z Watch Steinway & Sons’ latest player piano in action. Meet the World’s Best (Automatic) Pianist 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z Then he composed music to play in a loop, mainly on a Steinway Spirio player piano. Jason Moran, From the Venice Biennale to the Village Vanguard 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z In a cramped alcove just off the airy 204-seat theater at the Whitney Museum of American Art’s new home downtown, Jay Sanders was seeing his player piano in action for the first time. Conlon Nancarrow’s Player-Piano Works at the Whitney: No Live Performer Needed 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z Everyone in the park is potentially, to borrow a recurring image, a player piano; any situation might be trompe l’oeil. ‘Westworld’: A Show That’s Amazing but Not Necessarily Good 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z Like the preposterously difficult rhythms Conlon Nancarrow developed in his studies for player piano, the microtonal intricacies of Mr. Johnston’s quartets can seem like exercises designed to measure the gap between human imagination and ability. Players Are Wanted for Ben Johnston’s Works. Some Sacrifice Is Required. 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Now the installation remains, with a player piano operating silently, as if a ghost were at the keys. Light and Dark at MoMA, the Morgan, the Armory and Beyond 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z Lately, Mr. Herr has been recording his rolls and putting them on YouTube, in the hope that they get all the young people to ditch their iPods for player pianos. Character Study: Randolph Herr, 64, Maestro of the Player Piano 2012-09-08T04:03:04Z This sui generis composer restricted himself almost entirely to a single medium, and an eccentric one: the player piano, that mechanical parlor ghost into which rolls of paper dotted with holes are fed. Review: The Whitney’s Conlon Nancarrow Festival is an Enchanting Tribute 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z It includes a history of player pianos, a description of the size of the SS France ocean liner and a section on what constitutes a patentable invention. 'Hedy's Folly': Screen siren had more than looks 2011-12-22T00:52:05Z Luce, in collaboration with metals fabricator A. Zahner Co., also designed a ceiling canopy for the lobby, titled “Suspended Refrain,” which harkens to the geometric patterns of player piano rolls. Two San Diego museum expansions, one that defies critics, breathe new life into old infrastructure 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z The often-uneven payouts for artists and their record labels can also be traced to the early 1900s with another advancement in music technology: the player piano. Spotify backlash offers rare insight into reeling music industry — and struggles of working musicians 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z Don said he sold player pianos in Washington. Perspective | Uncovering the story — and the person — behind a 109-year-old photograph 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z “Music for Elephants” is a 1921 player piano whose keys are made, of course, from elephant ivory. A Smithsonian museum turns to art, not science, to hammer home a warning about Mother Nature 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z Gravity, an impatient professor and a sassy nursemaid hinder movers trying to deliver a player piano to an upstairs address. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z Made of die-cut stainless steel, the design renders the player piano roll for the late-‘60s jazz standard “What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?” that was popularized by Barbra Streisand. Two San Diego museum expansions, one that defies critics, breathe new life into old infrastructure 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z They used raw audio to train the model — which spits out raw audio in return — instead of using “symbolic music,” like player pianos use, because symbolic music doesn’t include voices. OpenAI introduces Jukebox, a new AI model that generates genre-specific music with lyrics 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z There wasn’t a player piano in sight during the premiere episode, only sleek high rises and hovercraft. Why 'Westworld's' post-credit surprise could be the show's silver bullet 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z The machines are like player pianos, mindlessly executing actions they don’t understand. AI Doesn't Actually Exist Yet 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z Adds Lattimore by way of introducing “Glamorous Mom,” “Here's the original, dreaming of the player piano playing all of the arpeggios, transcending the human hand just like the loops do.” California Sounds: A Lee Hazlewood-produced surf album by the Woodchucks is unearthed, and Mary Lattimore shares a song made for player piano 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z Delores plows through a number of guest profiles in the system’s vast library, books written to resemble perforated rolls of player piano sheet music. Let me Google that for you: "Westworld" shows us the possible disaster of digitizing humanity 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z Music composer Ramin Djawadi is back repurposing modern pop hits into old-timey, player piano tunes, an artful trick that bridges the familiar with whatever future horror lies beyond each new stunningly beautiful bluff and canyon. Fun and head games, terror and bloody revolt in ‘Westworld’s’ smart, action-packed season two 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z But today, as Ken Davis takes in old player pianos for repairs, finding the right part is an uphill battle. Meet 5 Magic Valley residents who practice rare trades 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z Spotify is being sued by Wixen because of mechanical licenses — a legal regime that was created in reaction to the dire threat to the music industry posed by player pianos. A $1.6 billion Spotify lawsuit is based on a law made for player pianos 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z Now, imagine this piece performed on player piano via a paper roll so dotted with notation holes that it appears to be delicately crafted lace. California Sounds: A Lee Hazlewood-produced surf album by the Woodchucks is unearthed, and Mary Lattimore shares a song made for player piano 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z Martin Creed reimagines a player piano as a disruptive rather than soothing noise machine. It takes a striptease to enliven 'Stories of Almost Everyone' at the Hammer Museum 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z But Chadwick’s invention, possibly inspired by the player pianos that were popular at the time, added a warning sound to alert drivers of impending turns or hazards and displayed symbols to indicate what was ahead. These Are the Cleverest, Weirdest Mapping Ideas Ever Patented 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z Our most recent music algorithm, Performance RNN was trained on classical piano performances captured on a modern player piano. How Google is making music with artificial intelligence 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z When player pianos became popular at the turn of the century, they posed a threat to the music industry. A $1.6 billion Spotify lawsuit is based on a law made for player pianos 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z An actor at the bar played a riff on Thandie Newton’s character, Maeve Millay, while another player piano provided the musical accompaniment. I went to San Diego Comic-Con and ended up in Westworld 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z For that reason, a machine similar to a player piano performs most songs on behalf of an organist. How Mother Nature and a Pentagon Mathematician Created the World's Largest Instrument 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z The player piano is now a “Westworld” staple, and yes, the old-timey contraption will return to delight audiences with eerie renditions of modern-day music. All the things we learned from the 'Westworld' PaleyFest panel 2017-03-26T04:00:00Z The room, decorated in an eclectic mix of antiques, custom-made furniture and a player piano, can hold 200 people. Georgette Mosbacher Puts Fifth Avenue Co-op on the Market 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z In 1908, the Supreme Court ruled that player piano companies were not required to pay royalties to songwriters, and piano rolls didn’t fit the definition of sheet music. A $1.6 billion Spotify lawsuit is based on a law made for player pianos 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z Among the items listed for sale is a Model T Ford, Snoopy’s roadster, two hearses from the park’s Halloween Haunt and more than a dozen coin-operated player pianos. Knott’s Berry Farm to auction memorabilia in March 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z Amid the overstuffed couch and chairs were the individual pieces — Harold Lloyd's player piano and his gilded mirror over her fireplace, with Ava Gabor's blackamoor sculptures alongside. Passionate in her work, her friendships and family ties, Debbie Reynolds also loved Hollywood itself 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z Unlike the player piano in the Mariposa saloon that only plays “old-school” jams, streaming allows you to personalize your playlists and shun anything outside your preferred niche. How 'Westworld' has uncomfortably reflected our world 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z Who is requesting Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun” on the player piano? The many questions leftover from the 'Westworld' premiere 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z It might be the player pianos that inspired the law or it might be a reference to how the license works: it’s what the law calls a compulsory license. A $1.6 billion Spotify lawsuit is based on a law made for player pianos 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z Spirio, which starts at about $147,000 in China, traces its roots to a generation of player pianos that filled homes across America in the early 1900s, the golden age of pianos. Steinway’s Grand Ambitions for Its Pianos in China 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z The Fotoplayer was a player piano on steroids, perfect for providing the soundtrack to a silent movie. A century ago, Washingtonians danced at the Penn Gardens amusement palace 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z It was an appropriate addition to Lohmer’s other collectibles, which include player pianos and kerosene lamps that he says “look straight out of ‘Gone With the Wind.’ Waco to rehab old Montana fire truck 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z Its base is a Kikkerland music box, which works like a player piano, with songs encoded on perforated rolls of paper. A Microscope to Save the World 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z In fact, at Ewing Manor, the 6-foot-long parlor grand player piano in the living room was the foremost piano of the time. EXCHANGE: Ewing instrument a rare old grand player piano 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z Photograph: PA Hardware that plays recorded music goes back a long way – even to the player pianos of the 1900s which replayed pianists’ efforts by means of long rolls of punched paper. Taylor Swift may have triumphed, but Apple will still call the tune 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z One, called “Turnatune,” was for a device similar to a player piano. Albert Weinstein, engineer and inventor, dies at 98 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z In his younger years, he worked on player pianos, slot machines and cash registers. 50 Years Ago, the Turbocharger Was a Disruptive Technology 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z Among them is an important collection from Denis Condon, an Australian who collected player pianos and rare music rolls for six decades before he died in August at age 78. Stanford aims to bring player pianos back to life 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z You would be a fool to build a player piano to any other metric. On HTML5 and the Group That Rules the Web 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z POWAY, Calif. – Flush against the wall in a spacious family room rests a player piano. Husky basketball star Kelsey Plum finds inspiration at home 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z So, along with her brother, Ms. Jones sat next to the player piano in their home, and they peeked out the front window, watching as the cars of volunteers parked on the street pulled off. Mayor Mike Duggan’s Pledges Echo in Detroit’s North End 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z The video, washed in old-time sepia hues, is accompanied by the jingling music of a player piano. France mulls ban on comic, his double-edged salute 2014-01-03T20:35:42Z Stanford's Player Piano Project was bolstered by the recent acquisitions of three private collections of player pianos, piano-playing machines and music rolls. Stanford aims to bring player pianos back to life 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z If the experience really was different, owning an Apple TV would be like the introduction of player pianos, Victrolas, radios and early televisions. Home Screen: Apple's Social 'iTV' Will Change Our Living Rooms, and Our Lives 2012-05-26T15:32:01Z Kromer couldn’t operate hedonism but these days it operated him, in the way that a punctuated cylinder operates a player piano. Jonathan Lethem: “The Porn Critic.” 2012-04-02T04:00:00Z Inside, the space is anchored by a baby grand player piano in the bar, marble floors and five huge crystal chandeliers. | Huntington: Legacy Asian Fusion in Huntington ? Review 2012-01-28T02:12:26Z For example, he cited an ancient lawsuit music publishers filed in order to keep people from playing their songs in public performance with player pianos. We Don't Need SOPA. But We Need Anti-Piracy Legislation 2012-01-18T22:18:32Z Put a player piano inside a saloon or a performance hall and you’d be liable for performance royalties, the court decided. SOPA, Meet The Player Piano Copyright Threat 2012-01-18T14:06:04Z As Antheil later recalled: In our patent Hedy and I attempted to better elucidate our mechanism by explaining that certain parts of it worked like the fundamental mechanism of a player piano. Hop, Skip and a Jump: Remembering Hedy Lamar 2012-01-10T01:15:03.500Z "But, Blossom," said Mr. Pottle, eyeing the animal as it gnawed industriously at the golden oak legs of the player piano, "isn't he growing in a sort of funny way?" The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales 2011-09-17T02:00:25.067Z An 8-year-old in our party was delighted by the aquarium of colorful fish and the player piano in the bar. | Huntington: Legacy Asian Fusion in Huntington ? Review 2012-01-28T02:12:26Z Fond of dancing to a player piano in the restaurant, the young Roland was enrolled in the Paris Opera Ballet school at 9 and joined the company’s corps at 16. Roland Petit, Choreographer, Dies at 87; Conquered Ballet Taboos and Hollywood 2011-07-11T01:55:40Z All of the threats posed by any new technology—the player piano, the jukebox, the photocopier, the VCR, the Internet—are seen with extraordinary clarity. The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind The reverend and brass-headed gentlemen in Washington who examined our invention read no further than the words “player piano.” Hop, Skip and a Jump: Remembering Hedy Lamar 2012-01-10T01:15:03.500Z The only thing he forgot to bring was the player piano from his house. Roy Blakeley's Bee-line Hike The bar area also includes a baby grand player piano and two large, semicircular booths. | Huntington: Legacy Asian Fusion in Huntington ? Review 2012-01-28T02:12:26Z Sam threw the nails onto the table and crossed the room, running his fingers along the silent keyboard of the player piano. The Last Place on Earth They have been granted more than a dozen patents for their appliances, mostly in the line of devices connected with the player piano machinery. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 It called for mechanically synchronizing sixteen player pianos, as well as xylophones and percussion. Hop, Skip and a Jump: Remembering Hedy Lamar 2012-01-10T01:15:03.500Z The ranch home was comfortably furnished, and in the sitting-room were a bookcase filled with good reading, and a new player piano, with a combination cabinet of sheet music and music rolls. Dave Porter at Star Ranch Or, The Cowboy's Secret Half-way down the room at one side against the wall a mechanical player piano was grinding out garish, hurdy-gurdy music. The Ramblin' Kid Color tubes are spaced like holes on a player piano roll allowing pigments to tint the shell at the right spots in the growing design. Let's Collect Rocks and Shells In connection with this building would be an assembly-room suitable for dances, social events, and theatricals, and equipped with a player piano and concert-size talking machine. Dennison Grant: a Novel of To-day “My god,” I can see them saying, “We shall put a player piano in a torpedo.” Hop, Skip and a Jump: Remembering Hedy Lamar 2012-01-10T01:15:03.500Z "I play by hand," said Belle, when the boys noticed the player piano, "but papa plays with his feet." Dave Porter at Star Ranch Or, The Cowboy's Secret From the living room came the loud drumming of the player piano. Janice Day the Young Homemaker |
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