Tuesday, August 30, 2005

For music, not hair

Whether the Tonette home permanent for children still endures, I don't know; the Tonette recorder-like plastic musical instrument still does, and deservedly so. The permanent produced discomfort and ugly frizz for thousands; the musical instrument has always been a source of enjoyment and even reasonably decent sound. The decal is courtesy of Woolworth; the green streak is where the Tonette merged body and soul with a green rubber band. There's always some confusion between the Tonette and the Flutophone. This is really a Flutophone. Is a Flutophone perhaps one kind of Tonette? I think that a Flutophone is taller and thinner than a Tonette. Hohner now seems to be the source for Flutophones. Was it always? Still available at under four dollars and sometimes under three. What a bargain for so many hours of fun! I see that my green Melodica (the cheapest sort) is still manufactured.

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