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The Schoenhut Piano Company is an American manufacturer of toy pianos, dolls, and other wooden toys. It was founded in 1872 in Philadelphia as the A. Schoenhut Company by German immigrant and woodcarver Albert Schoenhut, who had begun making toy pianos during his youth in Germany. [1] Both his father and grandfather had been toy and doll-makers ...
Albert Frederick Schoenhut (1849-1912) created the A. Schoenhut Company, one of the leading toy producers in America at the turn of the twentieth century. [1] In 1872, he founded the Schoenhut Piano Company in Philadelphia, [2] which later became known as the A. Schoenhut Company and was incorporated in 1897. [3]
Schoenhut 37-key Concert Grand (F3 to F6) Child playing Keyskills 30-key toy piano (C4 to F6) The toy piano, also known as the kinderklavier (lit. ' children's piano ' in German), is a small piano-like musical instrument. Most modern toy pianos use round metal rods, as opposed to strings in a regular piano, to produce sound.
The company, founded by woodworker Albert Schoenhut, initially made toy pianos. They began to produce figurines in the early 1900s, including wooden circus-themed sets and animals. The company introduced the Schoenhut Art Doll in 1911, a spring-jointed doll made entirely of wood. It was the first doll in the world able to be manipulated and posed.
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