![]() Toy pianos ostensibly use the same musical scale as full size pianos, although their tuning in all but the most expensive models is usually very approximate. The hammers are connected to the keys by a mechanism similar to that which drives celestas. Rather than hammers hitting strings as on a standard piano, the toy piano sounds by way of hammers hitting metal bars or rods which are fixed at one end. The first toy pianos were made in the mid-19th century and were typically uprights, although many toy pianos made today are models of grands. ![]() Toy pianos are usually no more than 50 cm in width, and made out of wood or plastic. Toy pianos come in many shapes, from scale models of upright or grand pianos to toys which only resemble pianos in that they possess keys.
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