My First Piano - 18 Key Table Top

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Product Features

• Chime Like Tones
• Quality Construction
• Full Size Keys
• Color Learning System

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 12 x 11.6 inches ; 11 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item can only be shipped to the 48 contiguous states. We regret it cannot be shipped to APO/FPO, Hawaii, Alaska, or Puerto Rico.
• Note: Gift-wrapping is not available for this item.
• ASIN: B00004WETH
• Item model number: 1822R
• Our recommended age: 5 - 6 years
• Manufacturer recommended age: 36 months - 6 years
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #30,988 in Toys & Games (See Bestsellers in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Schoenhut ® Piano Company: "Leader in the World of Toy Pianos since 1872" Schoenhut's® bright red, or white 18-key tabletop is the perfect choice for a toddler's first piano. Both fun and educational, it is an ideal instrument to use for developing eye-hand coordination and encouraging musical creativity. Chromatically tuned, the lovely chime-like notes are produced by little hammers striking precision-ground, German steel music rods (versus the conventional taut wires used in full-sized models). Schoenhut's® patented Learning System, with its play-by-color teaching method, makes playing simple and fun. A removable color strip fits behind the keys to guide small fingers from chord to chord. The chart also works on adult keyboards, since keys on Schoenhut® toy pianos are of corresponding width. This teaches children proper "finger stretch" from the very beginning. The accompanying Songbook contains a collection of familiar tunes. This Learning System has been specially designed to build a child's confidence and develop basic playing skills. Songbook included

Product Description

This bright red, tabletop, 18-key charmer has clear, bell-like tones for hours of fun and "edutainment." Teaches hand-eye coordination and keyboard basics. Includes songbook and color-keyed cardboard fingering guide that sits behind the keys for learning popular songs. As seen on the Rosie O'Donnell Show and endorsed by Cindy Crawford - supermodel and mom!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

55 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Looks cute but sounds horrible, November 18, 2000

By A Customer

Durability:2.0 out of 5 stars Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars Educational:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This little red piano looked very cute. I thought a real mechanical piano would be a much nicer musical toy than an electronic keyboard for my 3 year old, so I ordered it. Boy, was I dissapointed when it arrived. First, it is very cheaply built, using the lowest grade particle-board for the case. And it was so out of tune that it was not even possible to play the simplest children's songs using this piano. I don't recommend this piano for anybody who actually wants to utilize it as a musical education toy.

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars We love our piano, July 8, 2001

By A Customer

Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

Grandma bought the kids one of those new-fangled contraptions where you arrange blocks to hear Mozart's Night Music played a million different ways...with Grandma's blessing we returned the technical monstrosity and got this piano. We don't regret it. It's fairly well made--although we have a key or two that likes to stick and get out of tune. That's easily remedied. Just turn the piano over and adjust the metal rods in the back a bit until it's back in tune. Ours appears to be well made. We've had it for a year and a half, and it has taken its share of banging. Our youngest loves pianos, and he plays on this almost every day. The sound is very pleasant, unlike most toy electronic keyboards which are all the rage. I would recommend this piano if you want a musical toy which will give your child pleasure for several years, and then you can save it for the next generation.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hooked on Schoenhut, October 13, 2003

By A Customer

Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

I have been buying Schoenhut toy pianos for kids and grandkids over the past 10-12 years ... starting the wee ones with My First Piano, then graduating to the larger models as the children grow. I have checked out other manufacturers, but have found nothing that compares with the quality (sound AND workmanship) of Schoenhut. One time I called the company with a special request for additional song books, actually talked with a REAL person there, without having to go through dozens of menu options. They mean what they say "100% customer satisfaction." Thanks, Schoenhut, for affordable, educational, and wonderful musical instruments.