Customer Reviews

Sesame Street Learn to Play Keyboard with Teaching Keys

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4 star:		(2)
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2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

My toddler enjoyed this musical toy, which is an engaging introduction to musical instruments featuring her favorite Sesame Street characters. If you're looking for a Sesame Street toy that is cheap and will keep your child occupied, by all means, buy this toy. However, if you wanted to buy a musical toy that might last a couple of years, this is not the one you want!

After only TWO MONTHS, this toy started to produce the most disturbing, low-pitched noise that scared the bejeezus out of my daughter. After listening to a short song or a minute of "Demo All", seriously, this nerve-shattering noise from the bowels of purgatory churned through the speaker. Perhaps our keyboard was defective. Perhaps. It's still pathetic.

I would recommend a more interactive toy, such as a xylophone or glockenspiel, for a toddler. However, if you're looking for a keyboard specifically, look through some of the Amazon Customer Reviews of other products and rely on your instincts. We've had more luck with broken crayons than with toys like this.

I bought this piano last Christmas for a young four-year old, and it was her favorite gift. The piano just broke this Nov., and I'm buying another one. My granddaughter played with this toy everyday, and loved it. Even I enjoyed playing the tunes, following the lighted keys. Great toy! One drawback--without the accompanying handout, you do not know what preprogrammed songs match the numbered keys, but my granddaughter learned quickly how to find her favorites.

We got this toy about a year ago and it's still going strong. My son (2 years old)is autistic and occasionally throws his toys and drops them on the hard wood floor, he often jumps and walks on this keyboard and it still works perfectly so we've not encountered the durability issues others report. It has a better sound range and more functions than any other child's keyboard we could find and the black keys work (they often don't in toy keyboards). I like this keyboard a lot.

Look at all the features and you'll be impressed with all this piano has to offer. Open it up and you'll see it was well designed. It was, not, however, well engineered. It was no match for our three-year-old, it stopped playing music within a few weeks. I was able to determine that a small circuit board was poorly connected and was shorting out. I was able to get it to play again by inserting a shim between the case and the board and it worked again for a little while. And then it stopped again. This time, the wire had come lose from the speaker. I was not able to repair it a second time and dropped it in the trash. A shame, really.

My son has a great interest in music. I have searched a musical toy for him for a while and finally decided to buy this toy. And it is better than what I expected. Very good one. A lot of options, a lot of fun. I love the part that it guilds the playing. The size of the key is prefect for a 14 months old. Even he did not play the music, he can choose a piece of music randomly by touching one of the keys. It also can record what he "composed" and play back. LOL. He has so much fun with it. I don't know how long it can last, I hope it can last at least 2-3 years, I will take well care of it.

This keyboard keeps my 1, and 2 year old singing and dancing for about thirty minutes each use. The keyboard keys aren't 100% traditional, which I didn't expect it to be, because it is a toy. I love the fact that they can change the tune, and play sounds from an organ, guitar, bell, etc. Its definitely a great buy. No complaints at all!

This is one of our 2 y/o daughters favorite toys. She's been playing with this almost everyday since x-mas. I would say this keyboard is for kids in the 2-5 age range. For the price we paid it has more features then what I expected. In addition to the piano you can select the mandolin, bell, snare drum, trumpet or violin just to name a few. There is also different tempos like samba, rock, disco, and blues. The guide button teaches songs by lighting the key that should be pushed. It even has a record feature, volume control and auto shut off. She's dropped it several times on the hard floor and it works fine. The battery life is excellent because the original batteries we put in are still going strong.

This is not a full size keyboard and it's not perfectly in tune either. We did not expect it to be for less then 30 bucks. If you are looking for high quality sound and a full piano then this is not for you. It's a toy. I recommend this keyboard though for any little girl or boy who enjoys music.

I gave this to my granddaughter for Christmas. She LOVED it. It is now Jan. 19 and it stopped working! She keeps asking for it:(

My 22 month old loves to just push the keys. Not ready to follow the tutoring keys yet, but that will come I'm sure!

We bought this for our 16 month-old and he loves it. He's fairly rough with it and it seems durable. Has a ton of different buttons and sounds. I'd highly recommend it.