Melissa and Doug Deluxe Band Set | 
| Brand: Melissa & Doug
Buy New: $39.99
New (3) from $39.99
Rating:  31 reviews
Sales Rank: 1930
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 3 - 7 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.5
Dimensions (in): 19.7 x 14 x 3.3
Model: 477
UPC: 000772004770
EAN: 0000772004770
ASIN: B00020V4Y4
Release Date: June 12, 2006
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Have a band of your own | | • | Wood instruments which include a recorder, kazoo, harmonica, jingle stick, xylophone, castanets | | • | Includes a wooden storage case | | • | Colorful keys help with musical learning and retention | | • | Great for individual or group play |
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Product Description
Have a band of your own! Wood instruments which include a recorder, kazoo, harmonica, jingle stick, xylophone, castanets.
Amazon.com Product Description
Strike up the band! This colorful set of instruments will have kids making beautiful noise with enthusiasm in no time. Introducing youngsters to a musical foundation is a solid way to promote both teamwork and individual creativity. And since this wooden storage case comes filled with 17 pieces to get the beat going, plenty of musicians can get in on the action. The selection of well-crafted musical implements in this set will expose little ones to a variety of sounds, rhythms, and compositions. Whether for your own tiny composer or a friend's, this set is bound to hit a high note.  | | Hours of musical fun are to be had with these 17-piece groove-making set. |
The Deluxe Band Set includes a harmonica, clacker, xylophone, kazoo, tone blocks, jingle sticks, rhythm sticks, triangle, recorder, and castanets. All of these pieces come packaged in a wooden box that doubles as storage when the instruments are not in use.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 26 more reviews...
Just Awesome! BUT watch out for Xlyphone stick (UPDATED 2008) October 18, 2005
ThreePeas (Orange County, CA)
29 out of 29 found this review helpful
My mom bought this for my son at 18 months and he LOVES it. The entire set is excellent quality and comes in a nice wooden crate (we use the crate for arts & crafts). My son is now a very accomplished Harmonica & flute player (he's now only 19 months) - he can't get enough of these instruments. One thing to look out for though -- the tip of the stick that you use for the xlyphone came off and I found my son eating it - it is definitely a choking hazard - I just took the stick away and tossed it in the garbage and he uses one of the other thick wooden sticks to play the xylophone and he hasn't missed a beat!
****UPDATE**** 5/8/08
It is now almost 3 years later and my son still plays with all of the instruments in this set. Looking back at all the toys we bought or he received as gifts, this is still one of his favorites and has helped foster his interest in music. I STILL highly recommend this set!!
 Good product for a 2-year old July 25, 2006
Books 'n Beagles (MN, USA)
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
I bought this for my 4-year old daughter's birthday because she really wanted a xylophone and this is the only one that I could find! The xylophone is, by far, the worst instrument in the whole set. The notes are way off tune and the sound is muffled.
Her favorite piece is the harmonica, which is pretty nice. The rest of the instruments are okay, but avoid this product of you are looking for a nice xylophone.
 Loving This! November 29, 2005
Anonymous (USA)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
This musical set was originally intended as a Christmas purchase, but I could not resist giving this as an early present. When it arrived in the mail, we opened it immediatly. I was pleasantly surprised with both the quality and quantity represented in this set. We are already having such a great time using these instruments! The kazoo is a favorite! With so much variety to choose from, our little dancer may never stop playing. I love the quality workmanship and the cultural span of the various instruments. Our 2-year-old loves marching in "parades", dancing and singing to the beat of favorite songs. This colorful set inspires get-up-and-dance energy for both adult and child! I am one very satisfied customer.
Excellent!!! December 15, 2005
Megan Romer (Breaux Bridge, LA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Talk about bang for your buck! 17 high-quality instruments for only 30 dollars? It doesn't get much better than this!
Modern toys are often "noisy".... they beep, they buzz, they play stupid songs and they provide little educational value. This great instrument set will provide kids with the "noise-making" that they crave, but with the educational value of actually making the noise on real instruments!
Parents, too, will have a hard time resisting the allure of these super-fun instruments. Your kids will be dingin' away on the triangle while you shake your thing with the maracas.... it'll provide interactive and fun play for years! Get some good CDs to accompany this set, while you're at it. A fun African CD (like Amadou and Mariam's "Dimanche a Bamako") will do the trick nicely, as most of these instruments are rhythm instruments that will fit in nicely with that highly rhythmic music.
The best of its kind June 1, 2006
Quinton Q. Quillingham XVIII (North New Haven's Brook)
5 out of 12 found this review helpful
My band and I recently finished touring the country, and let me tell you, we wouldn't have made it past the East coast were it not for this solid (and incredibly priced) offering of instruments. Both the triangle and wooden clackers are perfect and play like a charm fresh out of the box. The recorder, however, seemed a bit out of tune, but it wasn't hard to fix it up. The xylophone provided the most difficulty, and I recommend replacing the pick-ups altogether; humbuckers give this instrument a much fuller, and above all better, sound. Otherwise, we had no problems with this set and we will continue to buy our instruments from this company in the future.
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