> From: SHIELDSD@Citadel.edu
> To: piano-l@uamont.edu (Pianist and Piano Teacher's List)
> Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 12:19:27 -0400 (EDT)
>
> Subject: Paderewski, the toy
> 
> During the 1890s when Paddy-mania was at its height a toy manufacturer
> apparently marketed a wind-up toy of P (mop of hair) & piano (which he
> hammered in a frenzied when the spring was released).  Has anyone seen
> this item?  Is there anyone out there who knows anything about the
> antique toy market who can get a hold of an illustration?
> 
> David Shields