Proll Molding Co., Inc.

Proll Toys, Inc.

Mel Appel

Toy musical instrument

A cast plastic toy having a unitary U-shaped body including the side and top walls of the sound box, a bridge, a neck, apertures in pegboard at one end of the neck, strengthening ribs, and a barrier at the juncture of the neck and sound box. A paperboard bottom wall completes the sound box, and pegs are inserted through the apertures in the pegboard. Strings extend between the pegs and the bridge, and a continuous ridge on the upper surface of the sound box receives a paperboard insert therewithin. Apertures are formed in the sound box, and simulated manual control buttons are located on the upper surface of the sound box.

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Short Hills, NJ, United States of America

Mel Appel