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