Mommy to monkeys Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 I would like to get some decent quality instruments for my little crowd. I have a little tikes xylophone that I HATE. The sounds are so off key:banghead: Have ya'll found any that have good tone? Also I would like some percussion as well. . .but I really hate to get something cheap that's going to just fall apart. I know there's good stuff out there, but reviews are so mixed that it's hard to know what to get. What says the hive:bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 This is one of my favorite stores (it's local to me but I've ordered from their website as well). https://www.johnsmusiccenter.com/ Personally, I've gotten the most out of a small hand drum, afuche cabasa (a multi-purpose shaker type instrument found on their site under small percussion), a couple of wood blocks (found under small percussion), a shaker or two (we made our own out of those plastic eggs you can get at Easter time), recorders (I like Yamaha). I would absolutely love to have a glockenspiel, xylophone, metallophone (found under Orff instruments) but they are way too expensive for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 We had children's handbells when my kids were younger and we really enjoyed them. They make a nice tone. They're color coded. If you play with them, you can play simple songs together and it sounds cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KellyGirl Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Remo makes a kid's percussion line that is decent quality (They are a professional grade drum company). For our kids we bought a djembe on ebay for me, but let them use that to play along with us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 If you want a barred instrument, Sonor makes a "Kinderglockenspiel" that was designed for the Kindermusik program. It's a nice quality instrument, and not terribly loud because instead of having a full resonator box, it has a frame support. Boomwhackers are well tuned and fun to play around with-and inexpensive. For percussion, Remo, LP, and CP are good brand names-they're all professional percussion companies, but LP and Remo both have kids' lines. For wind instruments, Peripole makes a good recorder that's hard to overblow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 We have some nice ones that we got from Kindermusik. Some were part of curriculum packages and others we just bought. Drums, shakers, bells etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy to monkeys Posted February 26, 2011 Author Share Posted February 26, 2011 :thumbdown:okay.. .so I'm deducing that a good xylophone/glokenspiel is going to be currently out of my price range for now. Sooo. . .I'm looking at some of the ideas. I really like the idea of the handbells. I have a really loud cowbell that I use to call everyone in for mealtime, and they always want to play with it, but can't because it's too LOUD. Makes me think they'd like it. I want to get a variety of instruments so we don't have fighting. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Terabith Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 Music Together has some nice instruments that I recommend. http://store.musictogether.com/index.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 We have these hand bells and they have a nice sound We also have a steel drum that the kids like to play with. Bongos and a lap harp came from Goodwill We have some First Act wood instruments and tambourine I don't buy recorders! The have the most annoying sound to my ears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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