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Article Archive: Musical Toys
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Toys in the News 12/01/2021 Part II
Toys R Us is opening a new store with a 2-story slide and an ice cream parlor usatoday.com11 hours ago bookmark_border share more_vert Toys "R" Us is opening a new store ... again Most Popular Toys from the 1950s...
12/1/2021
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Toys in the News 12/10/2021
Tons of toys are on sale right now at Target during this buy two, get one free sale USA TODAY bookmark_border share more_vert Teaching a Sunnyvale spaniel to share her toys with her little brother The Mercury...
12/1/2021
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Top-10 Most-Wanted Musical Toys
Digital music is here to stay, and these days, when it comes to music, specialty toy store owners are focusing on instruments and toys rather than CDs...
2/1/2015
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 Schoenhut Is Electrifying!
Schoenhut Piano Company could easily rest on its well-earned laurels; since 1872 it's been producing high-quality toy pianos that last for generations. But Len and Renee Trinca, owners since 1996, know that being great isn't enough...
6/1/2014
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 Why Schoenhut® Piano Company Teamed Up With Raggs
At the most recent annual American International Toy Fair in New York City, Schoenhut Piano Company announced that a recent partnership with Raggs had resulted in the creation of a unique new product line, Twinkle Tunes Pianos with Songbooks...
5/1/2014
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 Top-7 Most-Wanted Musical Toys
When TDmonthly Magazine interviewed retailers in January 2014, we learned that many specialty retailers no longer sell CDs, and that the music toys they are selling tend to be simple classics...
2/1/2014
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 Schoenhut's Warmth Flows Generously
Strong relationships are at the root of success for Len and Renee Trinca, CEO and President of the 140-year-old Schoenhut Piano Company...
7/1/2013
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 Schoenhut Pianos: More than Just a Toy
In addition to Schoenhut® Piano Company's traditional instruments, popular for over a century, CEO Len and President Renee Trinca believe that offering new choices each year is what keeps the product lines fresh and exciting...
2/1/2013
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 Top-10 Most-Wanted Musical Toys
TDmonthly Magazine interviewed retailers about their bestselling musical toys, to help you get a sense of what products are selling well in specialty...
2/1/2013
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Schoenhut's Warmth Flows Generously
Strong relationships are at the root of success for Len and Renee Trinca, CEO and President of the 140-year-old Schoenhut Piano Company...
2/1/2013
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 Charity Is "Instrumental" to Schoenhut Piano Company
Renee Trinca, President of Schoenhut Piano Company and her husband Len, CEO of Schoenhut, have signed on for a third TDmonthly Charity promotion – the second in 2012. What makes the program so appealing to the Trincas is that it is in perfect alignment with their company's mission and their personal goal to bring the joy of making music to as many people as possible. In her own words, Renee shares her passion for Schoenhut's finely crafted instruments...
11/1/2012
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Woodstock Music Collection® Teams with St. John's University
During the 2011-2012 academic year The Woodstock Chimes Fund, the charitable arm of Woodstock Percussion, Inc., makers of Woodstock Chimes® and the Woodstock Music Collection®, teamed with St. John’s University’s "Discover New York" freshman transition course to bring music to homeless children and their families...
7/1/2012
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 Schoenhut Piano Company Tuned In
Schoenhut Piano Company was thrilled with the outcome of their second big TDmonthly charity giveaway. This year, Schoenhut participated in TDmonthly's "2012: A Year of Charity" giveaway promotion where specialty retailers vied for the chance to give to their local charities more than 100 high-quality toys and instruments from specialty manufacturers...
6/1/2012
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 Top-10 Most-Wanted Musical Toys
In 2011 digital music sales surpassed physical album sales for the first time, according to a report by CNN. It is perhaps unsurprising, then, that when TDmonthly interviewed retailers about their best selling CDs and musical toys, 10 of the 13 said that they don't sell CDs at all anymore...
2/1/2012
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 Auditory Toys For Children With Sensory Processing Disorders
The fundamental senses of seeing, tasting, hearing, smelling and feeling encourage a child’s curiosity and activate their young minds to discover the things around them. However, for many special needs children these senses may be absent or delayed...
11/1/2011
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 Q & A With Pat Gesualdo, Pioneer of Drum Therapy
Pat Gesualdo, founder of non-profit D.A.D. (Drums and Disabilites) and creator of the Drum Therapy Kit for children with special needs, formed his company after overcoming his own disability through drumming...
10/1/2011
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 February Staff Picks
Leave a new personalized message every day in your child's lunchbox with Princess Linens' Doodlebugz Crayola Chalkboard Lunchbox, customize classic board games from I Built It Games, and create music with instruments by Zither Heaven made from sustainable wood...
2/1/2011
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 Top-10 Most-Wanted Infant and Toddler Toys
Items like the Fill & Spill Mailbox from Melissa and Doug represent classic play patterns for young children, according to a nationwide survey of 39 specialty retailers discussing best-selling playthings for babies...
5/1/2010
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 Top-10 Most-Wanted Musical Toys
TDmonthly Magazine recently interviewed 47 specialty toy-store owners around the country (plus one in Canada) to find out what's selling in their music departments...
2/1/2010
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 TDmonthly’s Charitable Kid Looks Back
It’s been seven months since Kimberly 14, of South Carolina, won the title of TDmonthly’s Charitable Kid ... Thanks to Kimberly and Schoenhut Piano Co., there are now dozens of happier children in the world!...
2/1/2010
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 January Toy Videos Go Traveling
This month's toys have legs. Pull-along elephants, a world explorer kit and travel-friendly pacifiers let kids trot the globe...
1/1/2010
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 TDmonthly Charitable Kid Keeps on Giving!
TDmonthly’s Charitable Kid, Kimberly (14) of South Carolina, has continued a giving streak made possible by the generosity of the Schoenhut Piano Co. Inc...
12/1/2009
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Musical Toys & CDs
Go back to main article: "Award-Winning Toys for a Hassle-Free Holiday"...
12/1/2009
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 14-Year-Old Kimberly Makes Music for Needy Kids
Dozens of special needs and foster children are unexpectedly making music on high-quality toy pianos, thanks to the Schoenhut Piano Company and TDmonthly Magazine's Charitable Kid, 14-year-old Kimberly from South Carolina...
11/1/2009
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 TDmonthly’s Charitable Kid Picks Her Charities
TDmonthly Magazine’s Charitable Kid Contest winner, 13-year-old Kimberly of South Carolina, has consulted with her mother and pastor to come up with the first few charities that will accept the prize of Schoenhut My First Piano IIs:...
9/1/2009
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 Why Kimberly Is a TDmonthly Charitable Kid
Michelle from South Carolina entered her 13-year-old daughter Kimberly in the TDmonthly Magazine Charitable Kid Contest without Kimberly's knowledge. She thought the contest was perfect for her daughter...
8/1/2009
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The Yin and Yang of a Successful Event
The Schoenhut Piano Company has a history of participating in and funding unusual events that bring their chime-like toy pianos — and the newer 44-string mini grand piano — before the public...
7/1/2009
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 Top-10 Most-Wanted Bath Toys
To say that toys by Alex-Panline dominate bath time would be an understatement. Nearly 70 percent of 64 specialty retailers surveyed this spring named the Alex line, or particular products from it, when discussing best-selling bath toys,...
5/1/2009
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Alison Marek, Managing EditorPhone: (310) 979-4330Email: alison@toydirectory.comwww.tdmonthly.comwww.toydirectory.com Charitable Kid to Give Away 100 Toy PianosContest by Schoenhut and TDmonthly Magazine® Encourages Generosity Los Angeles, Calif. (May 13, 2009) ― With times being tough for so many families around the nation, TDmonthly Magazine has teamed up...
5/1/2009
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 In This Issue
Did you miss last month's announcement about our 2008 award winners and Promising Toys for a Promising Future(tm): TDmonthly Magazine's 2008 Specialty Toys Report?...
9/1/2008
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 Woodstock Chimes Rings True
In 1979, Garry Kvistad was teaching music at a Midwestern university when he decided to make his first instrument — a xylophone constructed of aluminum lawn-chair tubes that he hung to be played by the wind...
9/1/2007
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 Wind Instruments Blow Past Electronics
Of the 32 specialty toy-store owners recently surveyed by TDmonthly Magazine in an effort to gauge musical toy sales, 25 cited plain musical instruments with little to no electronic pizzazz...
9/1/2007
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 Baby Roundtable: Tots Tickle the Ivories
This month, TDmonthly Magazine’s Infant/Toddler Roundtable participants evaluated SCHOENHUT PIANO CO.’s My First Piano II, which received glowing reviews...
9/1/2007
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 Schoenhut Plays Beautifully With Kids
When Frank Trinca bought the Schoenhut Piano Company in 1984, he invited his brother Len and sister-in-law Renee aboard as silent partners...
9/1/2007
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 Jingle Bell Rocks
Kids and the old folks can get their groove on with everything from zithers to electric axes...
7/1/2007
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 Showcase the Music
What goes into creating a kid song that works? TDmonthly Magazine talked with the creators and distributors of children's CDs...
9/1/2006
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 Low-Tech Band Aids
In every child is music. Sometimes it comes out through banging on a pot or a pan...
9/1/2006
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 One Odd Bird of a Store
Lark in the Morning, a successful West Coast music store chain, has survived in a peculiar niche because its owners care about musicians and the instruments they play...
11/1/2005
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 Bells and Whistles: Musical Toys for Infants and Toddlers
Music comes in many shapes and forms, and thank goodness it does! From plush toys that play traditional music to interactive DVDs, the musical toys on the market with have infants and toddlers singing and dancing with delight!...
11/1/2004
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Musical Toy Industry Faces Competition but Parents Still Encourage Music
Experts also point to the additional benefits of music referred to as the "Mozart Effect." Findings from a study at UC Irvine in 1993 found that music improved spatial and sequential memory and communication skills, and since then, parents have been rushing to the toy shelves to provide the boost to their child´s development through all types of musical toys and musical instruments...
11/1/2004
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 Musical Training Can Start with Toys
Toy Symphony products, were developed by Tod Machover, a composer and professor of music and media, and his research team at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The project is co-sponsored by MIT Media Consortia Fund, Yamaha, Sega, Fisher-Price, and Mattel...
11/1/2004
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Music and a Child´s Intellectual Development
While funding for school music programs have been slashed from many public school budgets nationwide during the past decade, organizations such as The National Association for Music Education (MENC), VH1 Save the Music, Music Friends.org, and many others are working to promote the study of music by children...
11/1/2004
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 Groth Music Company: Selling Children´s Instruments
"The biggest factor in our success has been the wonderful talented employees that I have surrounded myself with. In the past five to ten years we have relocated to a much larger building, upgraded our use of technology, and have increased our market area to include the entire United States through advertising on the Internet"...
11/1/2004
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 Schoenhut Toy Pianos: History in Music
Founded in 1872 by Albert Schoenhut, the award-winning Schoenhut Toy Piano Company has moved into the twenty-first century with finesse. Emphasizing an individualized rather than an assembly line approach to manufacturing, this historic toy company is a timeless contributor to early childhood music education...
11/1/2004
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MUSIC
Babyscapes™ The Miracle of Mozart videotape combines visual stimulation with the calming sounds of classical music. The Miracle of Mozart will improve attention span, increase multi-sensory learning and maximize early stimulation for brain growth and development. Both parents and children enjoy this entertaining video that targets development that is...
7/1/2004
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Music In Your Pocket
A line of stylish, wearable Micro Music systems that play postage stamp-sized, interchangeable clips...
5/1/2004
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MUSIC
A New Spin On the Toy Piano The Baby Grand Piano (Black or White) from Imagiix (ToyDirectory) is a totally new concept in the design and manufacture of toy pianos, designed to encourage and enable children 3 and up to "conduct concertos." Features of the 25 key piano include...
3/1/2004
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