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Beginning in the early 1800s, the German Schoenhut family manufactured inventive, high-quality toys, a generations-long tradition continued by Albert Schoenhut. Albert Schoenhut followed the family business of creating toys and he is famous for his toy pianos. Albert wasn't just an expert on manufacturing toy pianos. He brought Schoenhut to America, where his invention grew into the biggest and most lucrative toy company in the country. Although Albert Schoenhut is no longer with us, the legacy that he built still remains in stores throughout the country where the toy pianos made in his name are available for purchase.
Known for its ground-breaking designs, the Schoenhut piano toy is durable and will never go out of tune. Another one of their hallmarks is the way they match the larger pianos closely as far as style, aesthetics and playability. One can play very fine and authentic music on the Schoenhut piano which is sure to arouse a child's interest in music and also act as a beautiful piece of decoration at home. The Schoenhut piano toy comes in an array of unique colors, sizes, designs, and styles.
Durability, quality, and the melodies that come from the hammers and German steel music rods are unique characteristics that will set the Schoenhut Piano Toy apart from the rest. Each chromatically-tuned piano with an exclusive learning system and finger chart makes everything from navigating the keyboard to learning how to properly stretch their fingers in order to play become fun and easy for any child.
Schoenhut piano toys are availabe as baby grand pianos, concert baby grands, elite baby grands, fancy baby grands and mini baby grands. The elite has 37 keys and the grand with 30 keys. The mini baby is similar to bigger, more traditional pianos in that it has 18 keys and every style key is full-sized and spaced. This category of pianos offers a range of 2 to 3 octaves, and all except the table-top mini baby grand come with a matching bench.
You can also get a spinet Schoenhut piano toy in three main models the elite, the deluxe and the traditional. The traditional and elite spinets each have 25 keys while the larger deluxe spinet has 37. Every key is normal sized and spaced plus every piano is tuned chromatically within a two or three octave range. Every piano comes with a bench of the same color and design.
In the whole toy piano industry, Schoenhut piano toys are considered as one of the most elegant and notable items. By playing these pianos, knowledge about music and its creation will grow in children of any age. Not only are they great toys that teach music but they also serve as wonderful furnishings for any room in the house.
