Welcome to the NWPPA
North West Player Piano Association
North West Player Piano Association
After 53 years as an independent association with an emphasis on the North and more recently also the Midlands of England, we are joining forces with our friends in the Player Piano Group (PPG), which is a very similar organisation dedicated to player pianos and reproducing pianos, but centred more on the South. As a combined organisation, we are aiming to provide nationwide coverage for player piano enthusiasts. North and Midlands members will continue to be represented both via meetings and via representation on the PPG Committee, and the contents of the magazine are intended to cover interests of the full membership and reports of meetings held across the country.
As from June 2025, we are therefore not accepting any more applications for membership but instead refer you to the PPG website for full details of their organisation:
https://playerpianogroup.org.uk/
including how to join:
https://playerpianogroup.org.uk/join-renew/
Existing NWPPA members are being transferred to the PPG.
Here's to the future!
The North West Player Piano Association is a small friendly British based group, of enthusiasts and collectors of self-playing pianos, and we offer a warm welcome to new members.
We have members from all over Great Britain (and the world), and one member suggested in fun that NWPPA should now stand for the Nation Wide Player Piano Association.
Our meetings are predominantly held in in the area north of Birmingham and south of Carlisle - see the page Our Meetings for current meetings.
For further details of our group please see the About Us page
More about our Association and what we can offer
Find out about pianolas, reproducing pianos and piano players
Find out more about our twice-a-year magazine
Details of how pianolas work and other technical information
including membership form
Books published by the NWPPA incorporating articles from our Journal
Click on the video to watch. Actually, it is an Ampico reproducing piano owned by one of our members. See here for more about reproducing pianos, and see here for more videos and audio clips
The Association celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 2022, marking the occasion by producing a reproducing piano roll of a piece never previously available. Videos of the production process and the finished roll are given here