Special exhibition on self-playing pianos and research collaboration between the museum and the Bern University of the Arts (HKB).

The golden era of piano playing and its self-playing wonders - experienced anew

Under the title "Magic Piano", the Museum of Music Automatons is dedicating a special exhibition to self-playing pianos and the museum's 20-year research collaboration with the Bern University of the Arts (HKB).

The catalogs of companies such as Welte, Hupfeld, Philipps, Aeolian and the American Piano Company read like a "who's who" of pianists, composers and conductors of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A generation of important artists of the time recorded music using special recording techniques. However, many names - including those of female pianists - have been forgotten and are waiting to be rediscovered in the museum's collection.


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