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Half of households had a piano: https://daily.jstor.org/what-player-pianos-meant-to-american-families/ https://daily.jstor.org/what-player-pianos-meant-to-american... So… good point it was middle class status symbol, but a huge number still had access. My real point was music creation was more a part of people’s daily lives.