Little Tikes Keyboard with Stool

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 10.5 pounds
• ASIN: B00022IBP2
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #179,688 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (101 customer reviews)

Product Description

Editorial Review

Look out Elton John—here comes competition! Although made in child-friendly plastic and scaled down for smaller hands, this electronic keyboard operates just like a real one and is a fine choice as a first instrument. The keyboard has 37 keys for playing a wider range of songs and, similar to a piano, each key stroke plays a single note. With 8 different musical instruments, children have lots of opportunity for musical experimentation with everything from strings (violin, guitar) to wind instruments (saxophone, flute). The keyboard also offers 6 different drum sounds (tom, bass, snare, hi-hat, cymbal, and bell). Additionally, there are 8 different rhythms--waltz, rock, R&B, house, pop, 16 beat, samba, swing—so kids can set the appropriate backbeat. Kids can adjust the tempo and volume incrementally with individual buttons and can refer to the 10 demo songs to get started on composing their own music. During performances, four lights on top of the keyboard flash during playing for better stage presence. The included microphone hooks onto the keyboard with a rack so one child can simultaneously sing and play or the microphone detaches to highlight one solo artist while another plays background accompaniment. The keyboard mounts onto a stand and comes with a comfortable stool. Four "C" batteries (not included) are required for its operation. --Cristina Vaamonde

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

69 of 70 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Broken almost out of the box, December 15, 2004

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Alice M. Harrison (Thornton, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Little Tikes Keyboard with Stool (Toy)

The microphone stand broke at the joint the first time a kid over the age of three touched it. I would rather visit the dentist for a root canal than have to deal with Kids Station customer service again. There is no way to order the part online or over the phone - requests have to be sent in in writing, even for non-warranty replacements. The customer service department is unhelpful and extremely hostile. Little Tykes should seriously consider refusing to license any more Kids Station products until A) they become durable enough to withstand kids playing with them, or B) Kids Station gets their act together regarding their customer service.

The microphone stand is poorly designed - it has ratcheting teeth that tighten to the point that a 5-year-old girl attempting to adjust the microphone stand managed to snap the stand in half before the teeth ratcheted.

30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Little Tikes, November 1, 2004

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Julie Shoup "nepper" (Topeka, Ks USA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:2.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Little Tikes Keyboard with Stool (Toy)

The idea was good but the product is poorly built. My daughter had no sooner touched her microphone then the piece holding it on the stand fell off. And continues to fall off. My husband is going to have to glue it into place. This keyboard stand and seat should have been made of heavier plastic. The slightest wrong movement sends it crashing to the floor which I then have to reassemble because the keyboard and stand do not fit tightly together.
The keyboard is fun though. The different sounds and melodies entertain my daughter who loves to make up her own songs as she plays.
I feel disappointed in my purchase though because I had expected better quality from a toy with the little tikes name attached. The toy should be rebuilt with heavier plastic so that it can stand up to some rock n rollin not just petite classical interludes.

35 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Broke before his birthday could even end!, October 6, 2004

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Mother of Three "Lela" (Florida) - See all my reviews

= Durability:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Little Tikes Keyboard with Stool (Toy)

The idea of the toy is awesome. My two year old son had a great time with it during the first few hours he played with it. It is very light, so it was knocked over and the plastic peice that holds the mic in place snapped in two. The key board still plays wonderfully and he loves to play with it still, but there is now a hole where the mic holder used to be, and the mic is now found a new resting place on the floor.