Friday, November 9, 2012

Tiny Piano? Funny Zither?

Tiny Piano? Funny Zither?: In the early years of the 20th century, a pair of ex-piano retailers invented an instrument that looked something like a miniature piano. Manufactured by the Toledo Symphony Company it was called a Dolceola. But why read about a musical instrument, when you can hear one?


A Dolceola demonstration
by Andy Cohen.


Ray Skjelbred playing "Dolceola Blues"
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More information

Gregg Miner's Dolceola Pages.
Photos from a restoration.
A 2nd restoration.
A review from 1908.

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