Pianola
Americannoun
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(lowercase) a hand, as a laydown, that is very easy to play.
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(lowercase) something that is very easy to do or accomplish.
noun
Example Sentences
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A new generation of conductors has also taken up “Grand Pianola Music,” such as Christian Reif, who presented it with members of the International Contemporary Ensemble at the Mostly Mozart Festival in 2018.
From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2021
Both of these surreal episodes contributed to Adams’s eclectic and playful “Grand Pianola Music.”
From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2021
From that perspective, the finale of “Grand Pianola Music” seems hardly outrageous or unusual — or at all deserving of its initial reception.
From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2021
Once booed, “Grand Pianola Music” is now wildly cheered.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2019
For this reason the term Pianola was used in the paragraph referred to and now is employed in this book; and, for the same reason, this book is called "The Pianolist."
From The Pianolist A Guide for Pianola Players by Kobbé, Gustav
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