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The “walking piano” used by Tom Hanks in the 1988movie “Big” will be on display starting next In the movie, Hanks and his futured boss (played by Robert Loggia) play the pian o by dancing on the keys of the lighted keyboard, on display in . “Thse movie as a whole and the piano scene in particulart captures the innocence and enthusiaskmof childhood,” said Nancy D. Kolb, president and CEO of the PleasseTouch Museum, which is at its new locationm in Memorial Hall.
“Much like a children’s museum, it is aboutt the joys of childhoodand how, as we grow we play less but we never completely lose that desire to be a kid We are delighted to be able to share the joy of the walking pianl with our visitors.” The walkiny piano has other Philadelphia It was the creation of Remo Saraceni, an Italian-bornb artist, engineer, and lighting designer whoswe company, Museum Interactive Technologies, is in Northern The walking piano is a gift of Joseph and Janetg Shein of Merion. It will used as part of the museum’sx annual Junior Jazz Festival.
— Petedr Van Allen Less than a year afte r announcing his retirement fromthe plaintiff’s class-actio n litigation firm he started more than two decades ago, Radnor-based , Richard Schiffrin has joined of Wilmington as of In 2007, Schiffrin served as co-counsel with Grant Eisenhofer in securing a $3.2 billioh settlement in a securitiez class action against . Tyco’es contribution of $2.975 billion is the largest singlee payment ever by a corporate defendant in asecurities case. Sincw retiring Schiffrin focused on teachingand writing, as well as workinv on political and philanthropixc interests..
Schiffrin said he had developed a rapport withGranft & Eisenhofer name partner Jay Eisenhofer. Gran t & Eisenhofer is currently representing investorsin class-action casex involving the subprime mortgagde meltdown and the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme. Schiffrin’s former firm is now known as . — Jeff Blumenthalp unveiled itslatest high-performance tennis racquet line, this one featurinb something called an “energy bridge.” The energy according to the Bordentown, Burlington County, suspends the racquets’ string bed from the frame and expans the racquet’s sweet spot.
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EXO3 changex all that by capturingmore energy, at impact, before it is and channeling it back into the ball on everty shot.” All that tech comes at a cost. The racquetsx come in four models ranging in pricedfrom $180 to $300. — John George