How much is a 1920 player piano worth?

Today, on the Internet, there are people who are selling ‘complete’ circa 1920 upright player pianos in unrestored condition for $250.00 to $450.00 each, and they have dozens to choose from. As far as prices at auctions, upright players hardly ever command more than $1000.00 in working or semi-working condition.

Are player piano rolls worth anything?

The condition of them also plays a part in their value, rough or torn edges makes them pretty worthless unless rare (ie re-producing, etc). Re-producing rolls are the only other rolls worth a reasonably amount of money, from $3 to $20 or even more if they are rare recordings.

Do they still make player pianos?

Steinway & Sons, manufacturer of the world’s finest pianos, today announced the company’s most significant product innovation in over 70 years: Steinway Spirio, the world’s finest player piano system, available exclusively on select Steinway grand pianos.

What makes a piano play by itself?

What is a Self-Playing Piano? Also known as player pianos or Pianolas, older style self-playing pianos uses a pneumatic or electro-mechanical mechanism to play pre-programmed music on your piano using perforated paper or metallic rolls. The keys would move up and down as if the piano were playing by itself.

How common were player pianos in the 1920s?

By 1910, all major manufacturers had at least one line of player pianos. By 1920, player pianos dominated the market place. In the years before the phonograph and radio, the player piano was the only means of musical entertainment for the public at large. They were as common in the household then as our big screen television is today!

When was the first player piano made?

The Earliest Player Pianos Robert W. Pain, who seems to have been a one-man Aeolian Company Experimental Department in the late nineteenth century, built a few electrical interior players, even as early as the 1880s, but these were not what we would think of today as normal player pianos.

What happened to the player piano during the Great Depression?

By the time the Great Depression hit, the radio and phonograph offered a much more affordable means of entertainment, and the player piano seemed to vanish overnight. In the last part of the 18th century, John Jacob Astor started importing square grand pianos to America from Europe.

What is the best piano to buy only 1 left?

Only 1 left! Antique Sterling Player Piano. Beautiful columns and detail. AMAZING. MACCORDION Model 165. Rare Nickelodeon / Orchestrion Only 1 left! NICE ONE J Chein & Co PIANO LODEON Player Piano + 6 ROLLS ! Lauter Player Piano. Standard Upright Piano size.