More adults than children queued for their turn on the "Big Piano", a giant floor keyboard, in fao Schwarz, America's oldest toy shop, on June 1st. A couple of millennials half-heartedly tried to play "Chopsticks", before deciding to skip instead along the enormous keys. Someone else made a valiant effort to play a few bars of "Heart and Soul". Both the songs and the piano featured in the film "Big" starring Tom Hanks, which helped propel the shop to global fame. Nearby, a little boy was building and customising his own toy car, with assistance from the shop's "mechanic". Downstairs other customers were picking out eyes and noses for their personal Muppet puppet. Red noses had sold out. A large clock played "Welcome to Our World of Toys", the shop's theme song.
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