Very ornate ebonized parlor reproducing player grand piano by the Apollo Piano Company. This piano was built after Wurlitzer had assumed control of the Apollo name. It is very unusual for a reproducing grand piano because it has single carved cabriole legs instead of the more common double legged feature of most player grand pianos. In 1901, the Melville Clark Piano Company introduced the Apollo line of pianos and player pianos. Melville Clark was an inventor and innovator, and these Apollo instruments were built as high quality, advanced instruments for their time. Apollo built pianos and player pianos under the names of Apollo, Art-Apollo and Apollophone (a player piano with a built in phonograph). In the 1920s, the famous Rudolph Wurlitzer Company gained control of both Melville Clark and Apollo, and they continued to build the Apollo line of pianos until the World War 2 era.

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