![]() ![]() ![]() So that was useless to me,” Marshall told The Post. “There was a piano, but it didn’t play the right notes. Still, it’s the movie’s piano - now stationed at the children’s Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia - that people remember most.ĭirector Penny Marshall had a special keyboard made for the scene where Hanks and Robert Loggia, who plays his toy company boss, dance to “Heart and Soul” and “Chopsticks.” Early next year, Saraceni will install an advanced model that teaches people songs as they step. ![]() It has 48 keys, four octaves and can withstand 1,000 pounds of pressure per square foot.įAO Schwarz first installed the colossal clavier in 1982 and has upgraded it with new versions ever since. The $250,000 instrument is 15.8 feet long and 3¹/₂ feet wide. You come in and create music, and everybody has a smile on their face.”Įach day, hundreds of people line up to boogie on the keys at once - and to watch the Fifth Avenue emporium’s performers play songs including the “Super Mario Bros.” theme song and Bach’s “Toccata and Fugue in D Minor.” “Even if you don’t know how to play the piano with your fingers, you can play it with your feet,” he said. “People love trying to play ‘Chopsticks’ because of the movie,” said inventor Remo Saraceni, who conjured up the “walking piano” at his Philadelphia studio. This month marks the 25th anniversary of the comedy hit, and it’s hard to tell whose career did better in the years since - star Tom Hanks or the jumbo floor piano at FAO Schwarz. You'll have to sing, dance or do magic to land a job at FAO SchwarzįAO Schwarz is teaming up with manufacturers for its comebackįAO Schwarz is finally coming back to Midtown Parents are raging over this giant teddy: 'Horrible dust collector' ![]()
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