Automatic PianosThe era of the self playing or automatic piano embraced the first three decades of the 20th century. Piano playing cabinets were followed by the pneumatic player piano, soon to be known the world over by the name of the leading American make Pianola. There were many other makes, of course, with names like Kastonome, Triumph, Pistonola, Claviola, Autoplayer and Apollo. Invented almost simultaneously in Germany and America, player pianos became the most