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TUNERVILLE™ PLAYER PIANO

Toy Piano
©1978
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

black card box with top opening flap, printed in colours to show the title, maker's details and photographs of children playing with the toy
contains a battery operated piano of moulded plastic in cream with other colours, a set of four plastic discs in red, green, blue and yellow and a songbook
designed to be played or it can play itself with one of the discs

Object details

Object type
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Toy Piano
  • Disc Set
  • Box
TitleTUNERVILLE™ PLAYER PIANO (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
card, printed in colours; moulded plastic
Physical description
black card box with top opening flap, printed in colours to show the title, maker's details and photographs of children playing with the toy
contains a battery operated piano of moulded plastic in cream with other colours, a set of four plastic discs in red, green, blue and yellow and a songbook
designed to be played or it can play itself with one of the discs
Dimensions
  • Length: 11in
  • Width: 9½in
  • Depth: 6in
Production typemass produced
Copy number
1024
Marks and inscriptions
Made in Japan ages 3 to 7 (box)
Object history
Part of the Palitoy Archive
Historical context
a similar toy which was not kept had Palitoy labels on the box that read
-PLEASE NOTE THIS SAMPLE IS NOT IN THE CORRECT PALITOY PACKAGING
-PLEASE NOTE THIS PRODUCT WILL BE MOULDED IN RED
Production
Reason For Production: retail
Collection
Accession number
B.419:1-1999

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Record createdNovember 9, 1999
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