Word: pianola
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...Chickens, that durable story of the widow (Dorothy McGuire) and her brood who live as innocent squatters in a big, old-fashioned house in the country. Walt has flossed it up with lively songs, a glossy assortment of period gewgaws (a red Stutz Bearcat, a steam locomotive, a pianola), and Hayley Mills, who bolsters the little plot with elfin enthusiasm...
...Grandma's house there was a player piano. It didn't take long for our little minds to discover that by unwinding the rolls the length of the living room and entry hall and rewinding them in reverse we could achieve a definite departure from approved pianola techniques...
Shoulders & Shading. In cabarets and coffee houses across the land, pianolas are twanging away. Barney's Market Club in Chicago is typical. Says Co-Owner Harry Schwimmer: "When we have a banquet or a bachelor party, they don't play cards after dinner like they used to; they congregate around the piano, throw their arms around each other's shoulders, drink their beer, puff their cigars, and rip off the good old songs.'' But the pianola's biggest comeback is in the parlor. Many buyers are women who recall the pleasure of pumping...
...Pianola," once a trademark of the Aeolian Co.. long ago became a generic term for all player pianos, has been revived again recently by Hardman, Peck...
Over the years, the Teutonic twins have not only prevailed against cannibals, Der Captain and myriad other adult oppressors, but have survived, as well, newspaper wars, two World Wars against Germany and the Pianola-to-TV revolution in U.S. taste. Today the jug-eared, saucer-eyed hellions mangle their foes and the language with the same sadistic glee that tickled readers' ribs in 1897.*Child psychologists and teachers these days deplore their influence; children love them...