Music: Bubble Piano

A most, ingenious toy is under process of construction—an instrument to simplify piano-playing for children. The inventor is Ralph Mayhew.

Mr. Mayhew is the " Bubble Books man." The Bubble Books, out of which Mayhew has made almost over night a large fortune, have been one of the most extraordinary of recent successes. A few years ago, while connected with the Advertising Department of Harper & Bros, publishers, this ingenious fellow hit upon the idea of combining a printed page with a phonograph record. From this the Bubble Books were evolved. You...

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