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was also home to a musical manufacturing giant for the better part of the 20th century. Nestled in between the New York
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The Ampico reproducing player piano system was discontinued in 1941. The last model introduced was the Ampico Spinet
Reproducing Piano, which had all the functionality of a reproducing piano, and although having a low cost of $ 495, had modest sales.
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piano company as their flagship piano. The merger created one of the largest
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