Someone was asking for info about pianolins in the favorite instruments thread. I didn't have time to read the whole thread but I'd like to offer this. I believe there was more than one instrument called by this name, but the one I have seen and heard was also called a dulceola and it was basically an autoharp with a little piano-like keyboard instead of chord bars. The only recording I know of is the Yazoo collection of Washington Phillips, who used to preach and sing with this instrument. There is also a guy who plays one and sells his own recordings on the Charles Bridge in Prague in the Czech Republic. It's a fun little instrument, but probably quite a job to restore if such is needed. Then again, restoring a nice old instrument is fun too.

Good luck, Chet W.