Customer Reviews

Lynn Kleiner Baby Drum with Mallet

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After noticing my son's tendency to ignore fancier, flashier toys in favor of just whacking on things, I thought a drum would be just the thing to keep him entertained. This is the real deal; a real wooden frame with a real leather skin stretched across it, that produces real drum sounds! Unlike the glut of cheap plastic toys that require batteries to make noise, this is a simple, straight forward drum that my son absolutely loves. It's quite a bit smaller than you'd think based on the picture, but that's a minor complaint at best.

I can't recommend this strongly enough, both as a great toy and a child's first musical instrument.

After taking my then 6-month old son to a 'Music Together' children's music class, I was inspired to purchase a few percussion instruments so that he could play along at home to our CDs. This is a professional-quality drum with a good sound, and not one of the el cheapo "toys" that you can pick up at a big box retailer. We've had it now for 3 months, and it has proven to be quite durable, and has stood up to repeated tossings from the high chair onto the floor, being crawled on top of, thrown around, etc. The only negative is that my son seemed to be rather enamored with chewing the rubberized surface on the end of the mallet. I was afraid that it might not be the healthiest thing for him to have, and removed it from his access. Unless you have an infant like myself, this would probably not be an issue.

I have already recommended this drum to another new mom, and her son is also having a blast with it. This is a great quality product, and well worth the price.

This drum was much smaller than I expected, but the handle works well and my son very much enjoys using it both with the mallet and without. Nice gift - so much better then the plastic drums that play music!

I found this product after searching for 'baby drum' on Amazon. Upon arrival the drum looked well made and our little 5.5 month old immediately like it. Like all teething babies, he wanted to put his mouth on it. The drum did not look like a toy so I called the company Remo to ask about product safety.

The customer service representative was very nice but gave me bad news. She said that she would never let her children put this drum near their mouths. In the manufacturing process many chemicals are used. She said the drum is made from recycled paper or something like that. Bummer! My question is why does the company advertise the product for 0-2yrs without a disclaimer that it's not safe for mouthing?

Again, nice looking product but not for infants.

This drum is made by Remo, industry leader in drums, out of fiberskyn, a synthetic skin. It's a mini version of the gathering drums one encounters at Music Together. It's small, 5 inches in diameter, and very light, so that a baby can easily hold it up when grasping the little handle. It's also two-sided, so it can be banged which ever side happens to be up. It makes a nice sound & my baby has been enjoying it since he was 6 months old. The mallet pictured is not the one you get--actually, it's a nicer one, with a durable hard foam bobble on both ends. Over a month of the baby chewing on the mallet, and being stolen by the puppy once, and it's still in excellent shape. The drum also sounds nice when thumping with bare hands. It's made in USA, for those parents who, like me, don't cherish the idea of "Made in China" ending in a baby's mouth. You really can't go wrong with this one!

I got this for my younger niece on her first birthday because I'd gotten the older one bongos for her first birthday and it was a hit. My older niece also kept wanting a turn with it. They love having a handle to carry it around too.

On behalf of Remo Incorporated I'd like to comment that the Lynn Kleiner Baby Drum with Mallet model HD-2005-LK has been safety tested according to its intended use age range of infant and older. The drum with mallet has received passing ratings from both the Consumer Safety Commission (CPSA) and the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). If you have any other questions regarding this matter please contact Remo Inc. directly at 800-525-5134. Thank you.

This is a tiny Remo drum, with a foam mallet. While the drum sounds good, it is really only suited for an infant. My 10 month old has already out grown it. Also, the mallet had to be taken away as soon as he had a couple teeth - he was able to bite a big chunk out of it.

I didn't realized from the picture just how small this drum is. However, despite it's size it sounds great. My nine month old son loves to bang on his drum with the easy to hold drum stick....when he's not chewing it that it....LOL.
Cute, colorful and sounds great even though it's tiny.

I bought this little drum for my 9 mo old for Yule to match his older (2yr old) brother's Remo Lollipop drum and he figured out how to use it right away. He loves copying his older brother and drumming something they could both do together. THe look of delight on his face when he hit that drum was priceless, at almost 2 now, he still plays it today.