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The Baldwin Electric Harpsichord actually was quite beautiful - metal
piano-shaped casing, with a clear plexiglass top. And it sounded
great, when plugged into an amp. The Baldwin Company went on to
produce the Baldwin Electro Piano, which was a small portable piano
with a real harp assembly, designed for teaching music. Both
instruments are now sadly long gone and very hard to find.
Baldwin Electric Harpsichord
D16 - Toy Piano
You could call the Schoenhut Toy Grand Piano - which is what this
sound is modeled after - the "ultimate vintage keyboard". In a
depressing twist of fate where technology has made things worse, the
wonderful sounding mechanical toy pianos of old have been replaced
by electronic ones, all of which sport dozens of bells and whistles,
digital readouts, and simply awful tone. If you're lucky, you can find a
mechanical toy piano in good condition on eBay for around $100 to
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