(Photograph courtesy of Al Svoboda.)

Action shot taken in the early 1950s, with a double Mills Violano in the background, and a Cremona style 3 A-roll piano on the stage.

(Photograph courtesy of Al Svoboda.)

Al performing his magic for the Glenwood School for Boys in early 1950. Al attended this boys' school in 1923-1924.

(Photograph courtesy of Al Svoboda.)

Working out the design of a prototype Zing-A-Boom on the porch of the family cottage at Cedar Lake, Indiana.

(Photograph courtesy of Al Svoboda.)

Al playing his Zing-A-Boom, with Walter Waiter providing accompaniment on the button accordion (The Chicago Heights Star, November 4, 1955).