Valley City (CSi) The Barnes County Historical Society Lecture Series Season 22 Presents: Wes Anderson (BCHS): “A History and Demonstration of the Pianola” 7 PM Thursday, October 20, at the Barnes County Museum.

A “Pianola” (player piano) is a self-playing piano, containing a pneumatic (vacuum) mechanism, that operates the piano action via programmed music recorded on perforated paper. The rise of the player piano grew with the rise of the mass-produced piano for the home, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The stock market crash of 1929 virtually wiped out production. (Wikipedia)

Wes Anderson will give a demonstration of the Player Piano and its varied music over time.

All Lectures are at the Barnes County Historical Society Museum and held in conjunction with Valley City State University. They are free and open to the public.

For more information contact Wes Anderson at 701-845-0966