Comments on: Tiny Toy Pocket Elctronic Keyboard of Magical Awesomeness

Question: Tiny Toy Pocket Elctronic Keyboard of Magical Awesomeness

Baby_Balrog — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:30:59 -0800

Help me find this tiny electronic pocket piano from my youth.

I remember owning a couple of these at one point - I received them from my grandpa around 1988 or 89.

The stats, as I can remember them from all those many long, bleak years gone by -

- I think one octave.
- Very small, maybe 1/2" thick, 3.5" long and 2" wide.
- Came in a little faux-leather sleeve? Or perhaps it was a sort of flap that covered the face of it, and I think it was yellow.
- Included a little card with a song list on it?
- Produced a tiny little note when you depressed a plastic button - the buttons had practically no action at all - really more like a clicker than a button.
- Filled me with joy.

By: brennen

brennen — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:35:43 -0800

I had completely forgotten about these. I also had at least two. I remember them being in something that was a lot like a checkbook cover. One of mine was sort of a pale pastel blue, and I think some of them tended to have variously themed cartoon graphics on them? Little white keys kind of like the membrane keys on some cheap calculators, maybe?

By: moonmilk

moonmilk — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:47:25 -0800

Is this your piano? I bought a couple at the dollar store last year. Message me your address and this one is yours!

By: Baby_Balrog

Baby_Balrog — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:49:30 -0800

YES! THIS IS THE BEST CHRISTMAS EVER!

By: felix

felix — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:51:00 -0800

http://www.synthmuseum.com/casio/casvltone01.html

would have been my guess.

By: Metroid Baby

Metroid Baby — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:57:08 -0800

I bought one of those at Busch Gardens as a kid and annoyed my entire family with my musical skillz all the way home. I loved it. I'd forgotten about it until now!

By: brennen

brennen — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:01:57 -0800

With the cartoon animals and everything. Awesome.

By: toastedbeagle

toastedbeagle — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:26:36 -0800

What a coincidence. How awesome to be able to fill someone's Christmas with joy. Very cool thread.

By: pfafflin

pfafflin — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:54:04 -0800

Oooh! I had one of these, too.

I still remember how to play "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star:"
1-1-5-5-6-6-5-4-4-3-3-2-2-1

By: gursky

gursky — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:56:52 -0800

i. loved. these.

3-3-4-3-2-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-2
3-3-4-3-2-2-2-3-3-4-3-2

that was Mary Had a Little Lamb on mine.