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American Piano Company (
Ampico) was an
American piano manufacturer formed in 1908
through the
merger of Wm.
Knabe & Co.,
Chickering & Sons,
Marshall &...
- own compositions), for the
American Piano Company (
Ampico)'s
reproducing piano.
According to the
Ampico publicity department, he
initially disbelieved that...
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Company (
Ampico),
producing a
total of 35
piano rolls from 1919 to 1929, 12 of
which were of his own compositions. He
began recording rolls for
Ampico in March...
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including Conlon Nancarrow, made it
their primary milieu. The Duo-Art,
Ampico, and Welte-Mignon
brands were
known as "reproducing"
piano rolls, as they...
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America of two
commercial rivals for the Welte-Mignon
Reproducing Piano: the
Ampico (from 1911 but
fully 're-enacting' by 1916) and the Duo-Art (1914). Artrio-Angelus...
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complete piano works of
Beethoven and
recorded several of his
works on the
Ampico player-piano-roll apparatus. He
gained renown as a teacher. His
pupils included...
- L'eau
Ampico piano roll version,
recorded in 1916 by Leo
Ornstein and
again in 2009 on a 1925
Mason &
Hamlin Ampico RBB
using an
original Ampico roll....
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recorded the
piece electrically, on Welte-Mignon
reproducing pianos, and on
Ampico piano rolls. The
prelude has been
arranged for
orchestra in
several versions...
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Kreisler was also an
excellent pianist, and his
piano playing is
preserved on
Ampico reproducing piano rolls.
During a
concert tour of the
United States in 1901...
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Street to 657
Fifth Avenue,
corner of 52nd Street, and in 1928
moved to
Ampico Tower at
Fifth Avenue and 47th
Street as part of
American Piano Co.'s move...
