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product_id: 63922788
title: "Art of the Toy Piano"
brand: "margaret leng tan"
price: "¥4238"
currency: JPY
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 7
category: "Music"
url: https://www.desertcart.jp/products/63922788-art-of-the-toy-piano
store_origin: JP
region: Japan
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# Art of the Toy Piano

**Brand:** margaret leng tan
**Price:** ¥4238
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** Art of the Toy Piano by margaret leng tan
- **How much does it cost?** ¥4238 with free shipping
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        			For her first full-length exploration of the toy piano&apos;s slightly out-of-tune and whimsically off-kilter, percussive sound, Margaret Leng Tan covers a wide variety of material, cobbling together a surprisingly coherent, entertaining effort. The Art of the Toy Piano looks at first like it might be one of those sub-Kronos hipster records, sticking as it does Erik Satie next to Ralph Mostel, John Lennon next to Stephen Montague, and Guy Klucevsek next to Beethoven. But Tan not only has the sensitivity and control to mix these works without mashing them but also celebrates the odd, clunky musicality of the instrument. In addition to &quot;real&quot; piano, there&apos;s a smattering of funky kids&apos; instruments, from a distorted drum machine to whistles, melodica, and toy accordion. --Mike McGonigal

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Art of Margaret Leng Tan
*by P***X on December 11, 2003*

Margaret Leng Tan has been playing her version of what a piano "Could" or "Should" sound like for years. In the past she mastered the prepared piano, which is a piano with cork or metal parts inbetween the hammer and strings, with the CD "Sonic Encounters". Later with piano tape loops, which is recorded piano notes on repeating tape, with the CD "Litania". This is her newest musical addition, & what an addition it is: "The Art of the Toy Piano". Margaret Leng Tan plays every style from Classical music (Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata & Erik Satie's Gymnopédie No. 3) to Rock (Beatles's Eleanor Rigby) with a semi-off tune, percussion like toy piano which adds an unique edge to some tunes you may know or never heard before. Sometimes other instruments are added, including a normal piano, which softens or blends the toy piano's hard edged sound. Try the "Listen to Samples", specially the 1st piece "Mirabella (A Tarantella)" for some "Real" art.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I just love this record.
*by J***R on April 14, 2009*

I was looking for the work of Conlon Nancarrow on the Internet and found a performance of one of his studies played by Margaret Leng Tan on two toy pianos. So I looked her up and bought this CD of her work on the toy piano. That was so charming that I bought a Schoenhut 379M for myself and started taking piano lessons so I can play it properly. I am not ready to perform yet (ha!), but it is fun to play with it. Mine had the highest Bb so flat it was the same pitch as the A below it. So I have started to tune it up to pitch. I am half way there. A scary process, because it is easy to sharpen a note, but you cannot go back very well.It is a shame that many toy pianos are pretty junky, but the Schoenhut ones, at least their better ones, seem quite good indeed, and are beautiful to look at besides. Mine has 37 notes and the black keys work.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Seriously enjoyable play
*by T***N on July 2, 2008*

This might seem like a mere gimmick, something to be heard once & then discarded ... but that's not the case. Margaret Leng Tan approaches the toy piano as an instrument, and she gives us some remarkable music. Yes, there's certainly a sense of fun & play at work here! But it's clearly from the actual pleasure of the playing, rather than an undercurrent of "Aren't I just so clever & hip!" You'll smile while listening, all right, but it'll be from sheer delight. The sooner this unexpected little gem is brought back into print, the better -- happily recommended!

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*Last updated: 2026-01-23*