It's so adorable but it doesn't even approximate a scale. I would say that 3 or 4 of the notes are about right, and the rest are so flat that they're nearly a whole note off. Playing chopsticks is almost unrecognizable. So if what you're looking for is musical exposure, you may be disappointed. If you want a cute toy for kids to bang on, you can't get much cuter than this.
Pros:
it's cute
it's reasonably priced
it is (or at least it looks) durable
decent hand-eye coordination toy
Cons:
the "antlers" really are too short. My 11-month-old's tuny hands barely fit around them in a way that she does not bang her hand against the thing every time she goes to tap it.
the notes are terribly flat. I'm not particularly musically inclined and I don't think it would bother me if they were a bit off but they sound exaclty like the pots and pans my kid likes to bang on (just softer). they are not "musical" at all.
doesn't stand up. the picture made me think that you'd be able to store it standing up but it falls over if you try to do that.It's off key (the orange, 3rd metal bar for the MI note, it sounds the same as the RE note); actually, both RE and MI sound dull compared to the rest of the notes.I know coz I play the guitar and tune by ear.Sad, coz the giraffe is cute.Another gripe about it that the hammers are too small.My daughter uses her drum sticks (plastic ones) because those are longer.She's tiny for 22 months and these are even smaller.I don't see this toy being played with past 2 years old because of the extremely short hammers(the giraffe's tufts in blue/purple).Sorry, Boikido, I'm not buying anything from this brand ever again.I rarely write bad reviews but I feel I have to be honest as I base my buying from reviews as well.Cute,but badly executed!
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