Remo Saraceni

Remo Saraceni (15 January 1935 – 3 June 2024) was an Italian-American toy inventor. He was known for his invention of the Walking Piano.

Life and career
Saraceni was born in Fossacesia on 15 January 1935. He emigrated to the United States in 1964. He was an artist, lighting designer, sculptor, and an electronic engineer.

In the 1980s, Saraceni invented the Walking Piano, an oversized synthesizer. His invention was used in the 1988 film Big, where actors Tom Hanks and Robert Loggia danced on the piano in a scene of the film.

Saraceni died of heart failure in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, on 3 June 2024, at the age of 89.