Customer Reviews

Woodstock Percussion Chimalong

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The tone of the chimes is SO far superior to any other low cost xylophone toy on the market, although it's not as easy to haul around as the old-fashioned pull toy. If the child is old enough to really want to play recognizable tunes or to make up tunes, the quality of the sound produced will certainly encourage that kind of activity.

This instrument sounds great! My daughter enjoys it, but not as much as I do. The only thing that is bothersome is the foam that the tubes rest in. If the tubes slide a little out of position in the foam, the tones are not clear. Because the foam is flexible, and a child is using it, this happens often, and you need to keep adjusting it. For this reason, I would recommend buying the Chimalong Deluxe model, which has a rigid case and would also be much easier to store.

This toy is stinkin' expensive for what it is. But, the sound is great. I would actually call this a real musical instrument rather than a toy because of the beautiful tones it can produce. It comes with an extra tube that converts the scale to the Dorian mode, which is useful for some songs. The rubber mallets with plastic handles are excellent. However, tie the ends together with string and you get lethal nunchucks that the kids are all too pleased to whirl around.

The biggest flaw are the two gray foam rails in which the metal tubes are inserted. Easily picked to shreds by any toddler's fingernail, you have to watch your kids like a hawk or they just won't last. Without the foam, you have no resonance, and thus, no instrument. That fact coupled with the lack of a hard case and you get a fragile toy that must be handled with care and stored out of reach when not in use. We use the box it came in as storage, but I foresee it falling apart soon. I bought this when my kids were 2 and 3. But I'm going to limit use until they are around 4 and 5 because the foam is so fragile. If they start pulling the tubes out and try to force them back in, then the foam will definitely become frayed or rip.

I bought this to use in my classroom as an attention cue, for which it is perfect. It's loud enough and the kids love it. I will also in the future be using this to teach some music, including the notes on a staff and the key to songs. The songbook that comes with the chimes is also going to be helpful for this purpose.

I gave this to my 10 year old granddaughter, she was very pleased, and her parents thought it had good sound qualitity. I would reccomend this product

Our grandchildren have spent many hours playing the chimalong. It is wonderful musically as well as developmentally.

This is ia very nice musical toy. It has a very pretty sound. The book that comes with it has familiar songs for my child to learn to play. The songs are easy to learn to play. I like playing it as much as my kids!

We bought this highly-recommended item for our 4-year-old son. He liked it OK and banged on it for a while--but some of the chimes were muffled and "dead" sounding, out of the box, so the appeal was limited. It wasn't too long before he gravitated back to his other, more melodious instruments. Oh well!