This is the new website of the Pianola Institute, which is in the process of being written. This links page is currently taken from our former website, and has been updated only to modify links that were no longer active. Once the new website has been completed, these links will be substantially edited and expanded.

Societies, discussion groups and related sites with an interest in the player piano:

• Amica (Automatic Musical Instrument Collectors Association)
  AMICA is a non-profit, tax-exempt group, based in North America, and devoted to the restoration, distribution and enjoyment of musical instruments using perforated music rolls and perforated music books.
• Australian Collectors of Mechanical Musical Instruments
• Gesellschaft für Selbstspielende Musikinstrumente e.V. (GSM)
• Mechanical Music Digest
  A daily electronic newsletter distributed via the internet. It caters to people interested in the collecting, operation and restoration of all types of mechanical musical instruments.
• Musica Mecanica
  This is a useful site with links to, and addresses for, a wide range of mechanical music societies around the world. It also includes a calendar of concerts and events in continental Europe. Musical postcards are another nice feature of the site!
• The Player Piano Page
• The Player Piano Group Page
• Keith Harding's World of Mechanical Music
• The Thursford Collection of Mechanical Instruments
• The Music House Museum, Traverse City, Michigan
• Whittakers Musical Experience, NZ
• Conversation between Rex Lawson and Mitchell Clark of Other Minds
• Rex Lawson's own website

Sites related to composers who have written for the Pianola:

George Antheil

• George Antheil
  This site is devoted to information about the revival of the first version of Antheil's composition, Ballet Mecanique.
• The life and travels of Antheil

Percy Grainger

• The Percy Grainger Society
• Biography of Grainger from the Australian Music Centre page
• Information about Grainger, and the Grainger Museum at the University of Melbourne.

Györgi Ligeti

• The Györgi Ligeti site

Darius Milhaud

• The Darius Milhaud Collection at Mills College

Conlon Nancarrow

• Kyle Gann's biography of Conlon Nancarrow
• Tom Rodwell's Biography of Nancarrow
• Biography of Nancarrow from the University of Akron Bierce Library
• Biography of Nancarrow on the Other Minds site
• Minnesota Public Radio: Nancarrow page
  This site features an article on Nancarrow by Alan Baker, a photographic essay by photographer John Fago, and recordings of some of his music.

Igor Stravinsky

• Boosey & Hawkes Main Stravinsky Page
  Many subsidiary pages, including biography, many sound samples and list of (Boosey) works.
• Classical Music Pages - Igor Stravinsky

Classical Music Resources on the Web:

• BBC Online Radio 3 - Gateway to Classical Music
• Classical Music on the Net
• Music at UCC (National University of Ireland)
  This is an excellent gateway to a wide range of classical music sites.
• Classical Search
  Classical Search describes itself as the global search engine for the classical music internet community. It currently includes more than 15,000 international classical music sites and is expanding at a rapid rate.
• Other Minds
  Based in San Francisco, Other Minds is dedicated to new and unusual music in all its forms.

Music libraries and archives:

• Centre for the History and Analysis of Recorded Music
• Internet Resources for Music Scholars
  An excellent starting point for music research on the web.
• The International Piano Archives at Maryland
  IPAM has a collection of over 8000 reproducing piano rolls.