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A PIANO CHRISTMAS
IN THE 1920s
Holiday Music Performed by the top pianists of the 1920s
With performances by Adam Carroll, Elsie Holt, John T. Howard,
Andrei Kmita ,L. Leslie Loth, Fritz Kreisler, Clair & Fairchild,
and Piertro Yon

THE AMPICO PIANO
The name AMPICO, an abbreviation that stood for “American
Piano Company,” was one of the leading manufacturers of reproducing
pianos in the early 20th century. Numerous musical luminaries,
including composers Sergei Rachmaninoff and Fritz Kreisler,
and legendary pianists Arthur Rubinstein and Artur Schnabel
recorded for this musical wonder.

The first true reproducing piano using a perforated paper roll was
patented by Emil Welte, in the United States in 1883. The early
commercial interest in the “Welte Mignon” reproducing piano, in
addition to the already by then long-standing popularity of standard
player pianos lead several firms to take note. The AMPICO...