From the Giant Keyboard in the Movie “Big”, to the Magic of “Piano Wizard”, FAO Schwarz Toyland Continues It’s Landmark Music Making Tradition This Holiday Season
(ContentDesk) December 9, 2005 -- The holiday season in New York City means snow-covered sidewalks, ice-skating at Rockefeller Center, and no kids winter experience is complete without a visit to the world famous toy display at FAO Schwarz. The store's guiding principle has not changed since 1862: to provide the world's children with the most extraordinary toys, and this year FAOs Toyland will include one of the hottest new gifts on the market: Piano Wizard". One of the classic movie moments and memories is Tom Hanks hopping across the giant keyboard at FAO Schwarz in the movie Big, said Chris Salter, inventor of Piano Wizard and founder of parent company Allegro Multimedia.
In that moment, he brings out the musical child in all of us, and that is what we have strived to do with Piano Wizard from the outset. To have Piano Wizard as part of that landmark annual toy display is a delight for us and the children, because now they can play real music quickly and easily, almost magically, the way they did in the movie, Salter added.Piano Wizard, which is experiencing strong sales at FAOs New York and Las Vegas Toylands is rapidly gaining popularity everywhere, because it combines the fun of a video game with the fundamentals of piano lessons. That means children can sit at a keyboard and instantly play music. What once felt like practice now feels like play, and the sky is the limit when kids are engaged and enthusiastic.To ensure that children never tire of the game, and thereby continue to learn, Piano Wizard lets children choose from hundreds of songs and play with a dozen game characters in four different fantasy worlds.
They can change the speed, the instrument sounds, the skill levels, and more. And in addition to the MIDI songs that come standard with Piano Wizards Easy Mode version, a Premier version enables thousands of songs to be downloaded from internet libraries. So children can download and play any MIDI song, from virtually any artist, whether the music style is classical, pop, rock, country, or alternative-- making it a game to be enjoyed for life, for kids of any age.Piano Wizard includes a CD containing its proprietary computer game, color-coded stickers, and is bundled with or without an electronic MIDI keyboard.
The Piano Wizard software allows kids to simply and quickly hit the correct note at the correct time, letting the user play actual songs immediately, and in the process, learn music logic, theory and notation while playing a game.The game, which won Creative Child Magazines prestigious Top Toy of The Year 2005 Award, will be on display in FAOs New York and Las Vegas stores until Christmas Eve, and as is the case with most of the toys in the FAO Schwarz display, it will allow shoppers to play the game at the display. Piano Wizard is also available at FAOs online store under Electronics
(Educational Electronics) at www.fao.com.About Allegro MultimediaAllegro Multimedia, Inc.
(dba Allegro Rainbow, maker of Piano Wizard) is a leading provider of music gaming software and musical educational tools that teach both young and old alike how to play the piano and read music. Allegro Multimedia's mission is to;
increase music literacy and the ability to play and read music among all classes of people; to provide an answer for parents and educators as well as religious groups and government agencies to combat the onslaught of mind-numbing violence and destruction that has traditionally dominated the video game industry; and to build long-term relationships with customers by providing quality products, training, support and additional exciting gaming products that continue to move this mission forward in a fun, safe, exciting, and yet non-violent and yet exciting way. Allegro Multimedia seeks to create a tidal wave of interest in music making and achieve universal musical literacy among all people regardless of age, through fun and exciting non-violent, music training video games. About FAO SchwarzFAO Schwarz has been enchanting children since 1862, when a Westphalian goldsmith's son named Frederick August Otto Schwarz began importing fine toys from Europe and selling them through his fancy-goods shop in Baltimore. In 1870, he opened the Schwarz Toy Bazaar on Broadway in lower Manhattan; the store issued its first catalogue six years later.
The Companys flagship store opened at its current location at the corner of 58th Street and Fifth Avenue in 1986 and was joined in 1997 by its sister store in the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Today, FAO Schwarz is not only the oldest toy store in the United States, but one of the oldest retail establishments of any kind. FAO Schwarz has been an essential part of any visit to New York for generations of childrenand adultsfrom every corner of the globe. The store's guiding principle has not changed since 1862: to provide the world's children with the world's most extraordinary toys.For More Information, contact:Brian MetcalfAccount ExecutiveMax Borges Marketing Solutions, Incwww.MaxBorges.com 3550 Biscayne Blvd. Suite 501Miami, Florida 33137T: 305-576-1171 Ext 11F: 305-402-6373.
Eradicate Dirty Keyboard Problems-Washable
First there was E=MC2.
Now computercleaners Ltd can offer the world the solution to a significant problem - how to eradicate an Infection Hub.We discussed the problem with professionals throughout the world as they all recognised the importance of this issue, and then, via a chance meeting in 2004 we stumbled across 2nd generation flexible keyboards. It was our Eureka moment.
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(FK + D?= - CH)(Flexi Keyboard+ Destix?= Eradication of Contamination Hub)By using
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Keyboard Cleaning
Keyboard CleaningThere are several ways to clean a keyboard. If it is simply clogged with dust, hair and other various particles, you can use a screwdriver to remove a few keys from each side of the keyboard and then use the can of compressed air to blow all of the stray particles out of the keyboard.Just be forewarned - it is difficult to pry out large keys such as the shift keys and the spacebar without breaking them, so you should probably stick to the smaller keys. To remove a key easily, pry upward gently until the keys pops loose.If 'sticky stuff' has been spilled into the keyboard or some of the keys are still somehow obstructed or sticking after you have tried using the above keyboard cleaning method, your next option is to remove the screws from the back of the keyboard and fully disassemble the keyboard.After you have removed the plastic molding from around the keyboard, simply remove all of the keys from the front of the keyboard (much easier now) and take a damp cloth and...
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The Psychedelic Keyboard Summit featuring: Vince Welnick (the Grateful Dead & The Tubes), Tom Constanten & Bob Bralove (the Grateful Dead), and band, will perform with The Great Valley High School Orchestra in Malvern, PA
(ContentDesk) September 30, 2004 - Students in the orchestra at Great Valley High School, in Malvern, PA, are about to have a once in a lifetime experience.
On October 1, the students will get the opportunity to perform onstage with alumni from The Grateful Dead.
To make matters even more exciting, the orchestra, led by Dick Sutcliffe and Doug Wilford, will be premiering an entire concerto written by Grateful Dead alumni Bob Bralove, Tom Constanten and Vince Welnick.In a return engagement to Great Valley Performing Arts Center, Bralove, Constanten and Welnick and band ? The Psychedelic Keyboard Summit, will perform new and vintage material for the first half of the evening.
Continuing the tradition of the Grateful Dead music and light shows, they will also utilize an additional visual component, integrating cutting edge video projection technology developed by Bob Bralove, something he calls "Digital Fingerpainting".
This technology allows images to...
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From the Giant Keyboard in the Movie “Big”, to the Magic of “Piano Wizard”, FAO Schwarz Toyland Continues It’s Landmark Music Making Tradition This Holiday Season
(ContentDesk) December 9, 2005 -- The holiday season in New York City means snow-covered sidewalks, ice-skating at Rockefeller Center, and no kids winter experience is complete without a visit to the world famous toy display at FAO Schwarz. The store's guiding principle has not changed since 1862: to provide the world's children with the most extraordinary toys, and this year FAOs Toyland will include one of the hottest new gifts on the market: Piano Wizard". One of the classic movie moments and memories is Tom Hanks hopping across the giant keyboard at FAO Schwarz in the movie Big, said Chris Salter, inventor of Piano Wizard and founder of parent company Allegro Multimedia.
In that moment, he brings out the musical child in all of us, and that is what we have strived to do with Piano Wizard from the outset. To have Piano Wizard as part of that landmark annual toy display is a delight for us and the children, because now they can play real music quickly and easily, almost...
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You Don't Need No Stinking QWERTY! FrogPad™ Accesses HID Drivers For the Bluetooth Enabled One-Handed Keyboard
Houston, TX (ContentDesk) May 9, 2006 -- FrogPad" Inc. (www.frogpad.com ), maker of the revolutionary portable one-handed keyboard, FrogPad" uses Bluetooth HID drivers for the One-Handed FrogPad, and announces the seamless integration of FrogPad Bluetooth keyboard with Bluetooth enabled UMPCs, Nokia 770 Internet Tablet (http://www.nokiausa.com/770) and Symbian Smartphones (http://www.symbian.com). Dubbed the iFrog, the new keyboard incorporates FrogPads patented ergonomic layout designed around the 15 most-used letters in the English alphabet with the latest wireless Bluetooth technology, and accomplishes 100% of all functions of a QWERTY keyboard.
FrogPad is the premier keyboard that will make these products successful. Pioneering a new global standard for data entry, the FrogPad keyboard breaks the century-old...
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Tips on buying keyboards and digital pianos.
There are so many keyboards and digital pianos on the market today. How does one make a selection? Here are a few tips to help you choose one that meets your needs.1. How much can you afford?With such a wealth of keyboards available, a working person shouldn't have a problem finding one that fits their budget. Low priced keyboards are all over. But this doesn't mean that you should settle for anything.
As the old adage goes, you usually get what you pay for. Usually the more money you invest, the greater the returns. 2. Do you need weighted action or synth action.Weighted action means that the keyboard comes with heavy (weighted) keys and feels like an acoustic piano. You need some muscle to play such keyboards.
If you're a trained pianist or you want to develop your piano skills a weighted keyboard would be better suited.Synth action would mean lighter keys. You can usually play faster and easier with a synth action keyboard. Are you gonna be playing synthy and techno...
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Playing your cards right ? tips for traveling with credit cards
Using credit cards while traveling is a good idea for a number of reasons:--You have a record of your expenditures for record-keeping and tax purposes (especially important if you travel for business)--You may get a better exchange rate when obtaining foreign currency when using your credit card. --Credit card companies can refund disputed charges and may offer extra guarantees, special deals or warranties.--Your liability in the case of a stolen credit card is limited to $50But, traveling these...
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Amazing Health Results from an Otherwise Unknown Fruit (Mangosteen)
(ContentDesk) September 2, 2005 -- The Fruit Juice known as XanGo has brought to the market place a phenomenal health benefit. The humble fruit which is the basis of the product is called Mangosteen.The Mangosteen, known as the Queen of Fruits, can be grown in any location offering a tropical climate but is native to Southeast Asia.The fruit is grown on mature trees, which is harvested with great care.The Mangosteen abounds in Xanthones, Natures own little Healers, which the magic of this humble...
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