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Mechanical Music in the Movies
By Jere DeBacker

I loved the YouTube video of the Melville Clark Player Piano at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDdQHo3kEzU
Attachment thumbnail It is actually an Apollophone. An Apollophone player piano was also used in the 1962 movie "The Music Man". Does anyone know if this is the same piano? While we're on the subject of player pianos in the movies, here's a great clip of a Steinway Duo-Art in action, sent to me by Bill Pixley. http://youtube.com/watch?v=sOMcpbSXcZk
Attachment thumbnail "Midnight Mystery" In this scene Ivan Lebedeff (as Mischa) plays a piano roll so the dinner guests think his hands are busy on the keys. He chooses the Duo-Art recording of Rudolph Ganz playing "Liebestraum" (Dream of Love) by Franz Liszt. This allows him to make out with Rita La Roy (as Madeline Austen). Jere DeBacker Denver, Colorado

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