This Weber piano was made for the Carl Fisher estate in the early 1900s and cost well over $10,000 or the equivalent of four average family homes. Part of the cost came from its ornate decorations but mostly from the Aeolian, Duo-Art mechanism that turned this piano into a reproducing piano.

Unlike a player piano, reproducers captured many levels of force used on the keys so that their dynamic range allowed for playback that sounds much more like a human artist.

The Fishers donated this unit to the University of Notre Dame who had it installed in the president's office where it remained for many years. At some point, a president had the piano removed and it was put into a student common area. Over the years, Notre Dame students uncaringly removed the gold leaf, destroyed the Duo-Art mechanisms, and carved their names into the wood.