Hohner Kids Soprano Crow Sounder (Woodblock) with Mallet

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Product Features

• Wood mallet included
• Size: 4-3/4" long x 1-1/2" diameter (approx.)
• Age: 3 years and older

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6 x 2 x 2 inches ; 1.9 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0002IBTXM
• Item model number: S2207
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,340 in Musical Instruments (See Bestsellers in Musical Instruments)

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Product Description

Product Description
This Soprano Sounder is a small tone block (woodblock) that allows even tiny hands to play sounds that are crisp and clear.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sound and Vision, August 23, 2005

By	Kevin Killian (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

I used to be decidedly unmusical, couldn't hold a note, embarrassed myself when singing the National Anthem, hopeless at disco, couldn't even distinguish between keys on the piano, to me the black and the white ones looked pretty much alike. I might as well have been sitting on the keys, rather than playing them, I got the same general effect. A friend recommended joining a band, to get me out of the house at nights, and when I said I didn't know how to play any instruments he recommended the wood block.

First I acquired the regular one with the ridged edges, sort of like the old medicine pins we used to toss around in high school gym class. With these ridges you can scrape along with your rhythm stick and produce a nice funky sort of sound. (Even with your thumbs if you're not dainty about it.) But I was looking for something with a bit more pitch and when I was in the Hohner showroom I found the Soprano version of the woodblock.

It lacks the Two-Tone's serrated edges-why, it's smooth and polished as a Brancusi sculpture, and almost as beautiful. What it does have is a high ringing clear bell tone that (they tell me) will stop a bird in its flight, for its sound is so high only birds can really hear all the reverberations. They call it the "crow sounder" because of the legendary aural prowess of our old friend the crow.

Soon you'll be pounding out beats like an old school rocker. Listen to the very beginning of "Honky Tonk Women" by the Stones, you'll hear this distinctive crow sounder (+ cow bells for that down home farm effect).

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Add to your home orchestra, September 21, 2006

By	Joanna Daneman (Middletown, DE USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)    (COMMUNITY FORUM 04)

The "crow sounder" makes a satisfying "TOCK!" sound when hit with a stick. If you have kids, add this to a box of percussion instruments and have them count along with their favorite music cd. This improves math abilities, and participation in music is fun for kids (and adults as well.) Even the smallest child can play the Crow Sounder.