a piano that can
play automatically when the
keys are actuated electronically or by a
mechanical device. Used figuratively in this lecture to mean
operating like this.
a piano that can
play automatically when the
keys are actuated electronically or by a
mechanical device. Used figuratively in this lecture to mean
operating like this. Except this is so
goddamn pianola and
play-it-by-dropping-the-
penny-in-the-
machine and so forth that it's a
damn bore-as they are currently saying.
a
type of
case that
runs very, very easily. The
term comes from the name of a
type of piano fitted with
equipment that enables it to
play automatically.