Toy Square Piano
Charles Martin Crandall American
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Though toy instruments like this are referred to as pianos, instead of strings the internal hammers use a simple action to hit metal bars to create their sound. Unusually, this toy piano is in the form of a domestic square piano rather than the more typical grand or upright versions.
Technical description: Rectangular dark-painted tongue-and-grooved case no 4 cabriolet legs, with hinged lid lifting to reveal music rack and 18 graduated steel bars struck by simple hammer action activated by white paper-covered natural keys (C-F, with black accidentals printed on); removable burl-pattern papered nameboard bears manufacturer's inscription.
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