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July 18, 2012 11:11 pm GMT

Want to Hear a Song? Tweet at This Piano




Pianos that play themselves were the coolest thing since sliced bread at the turn of the 20th century. Perforated metallic rolls dictated which hammers would strike and when. Purchase the encoded roll with your favorite ragtime ditty and let 'er rip -- great for your formal parlor.

Those programmable canisters were the precursor to modern music sequencing. In the digital world, we use MIDI files -- codes that tell virtual oboes and cellos when to chime in during a composition. Folks at the creative agency Digital Kitchen made the connection between old school player pianos and digital music composition. They even put a social spin on it.

Meet Stanley, an interactive player piano. T…
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