- Remo Saraceni is an Italian-born world renowned artist, engineer, and lighting designer. He is best known for inventing the Walking Piano (Big Piano) that became a hallmark in the major motion picture Big (1988), starring Tom Hanks.
The Big Piano is just one of Remo's many interactive creations that connect the imagination of childhood with the technology of the future. Remo's unique combination of scientific intellect and creative capital have earned him the description "high-tech Renaissance Man." Remo's credentials also include works on display in science and art museums, discovery centers, as well as children's hospitals throughout the world.
He holds a Masters degree in electronics, and at one time worked developing rocket modules for the American space program. Profiles on Remo's artwork and personal philosophy have been written about in numerous publications and television interviews.
Remo is the founder of "Museum Interactive Technologies," a Philadelphia-based designer company with over 30 years of experience. The company creates interactive exhibits worldwide.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
- Created his step-on-to-play piano long before the movie. It was on display at the F.A.O. Schwartz toy store in New York City when movie producer Steven Spielberg's sister saw it and told her brother all about it. The rest is film history.
- Migrated from Italy to Philadelphia, USA in 1967 with "no English, no friends, no money, no permission to stay," he had only a visitor's visa. Chose Philadelphia because Ben Franklin had lived there and because the Franklin Institute was located there too.
- Had hoped to market a version of the "Big Piano" to the public, but a plant owned by the Chinese government stole his technology and produced a version at a price he couldn't match. He sued the American toy company that was distributing the Chinese product for trademark infringement and they settled out of court.
- Is best known for inventing the Walking Piano (Big Piano) from the major motion picture Big (1988). In the movie, Tom Hanks and his future boss (played by Robert Loggia) play the piano by dancing on the keys of the 16-foot, lighted keyboard, on display in F.A.O. Schwarz toy store in New York City. Versions of the piano have been installed in museums, children's hospitals, and other public places around the world, entertaining millions of fans, even to this day.
- Designed the Light-O-Matic wall switch in 1976, a device that turns on the light in a room when a person enters and turns it off after the person leaves.
- [about the lag in American technology] America should switch to the metric system. The rest of the world uses English as a common language because it is the most practical. We should adopt the metric system of measurement for the same reason.
- [on his Walking Piano (Big Piano) invention] I wanted to take the piano, a conventional instrument that was invented by another Italian, and remove all its seriousness and austerity and make it an instrument that you can walk across. I wanted to make technology playful and utilitarian at the same time. A 3-year-old can jump on the piano, and a 90-year-old man can walk on it.
- If you have an idea, you must implement it. This is the best time to achieve great things.
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