SchyllingWood Xylophone

Fue un regalo de cumpleaños para mi hermanito y le encantó!

My 11-month-old has been playing with this for a couple of months now. She can't really use the sticks without wanting to stick them in her mouth so until she's a bit older, we use a different toy to make the sounds. I like playing simple tunes like Ode to Joy on it for her and she really enjoys it.

Love it

Great little drum, my grandson loves it. I really like all schyllings toys

WOULD A REAL MUSICIAN USE IT?Would a real musician use this? Yes! I am and I can! I got this today. Been wanting to add to my varied and diverse drums and percussion instruments a tin drum with balls inside like this for a while.Why? Am I crazy? Or maybe I'm going back to a second childhood?NO! There is no drum sound I can get quite the same as you get from a real tin drum - and the balls inside are essential for the particular sound I want on certain of my recordings. ('Yes, he is crazy!' - did someone say?).It doesn't break the bank or cost a fortune - and for me it works best freely hanging (from one of the cross poles I have on my multifarious kit).The sticks I got look a bit different from the picture - they are not wood, but nice short stubby strong plastic ones - you don't want a very hard attack on this kind of drum - and you want to get just the right kind of controlled rattle inside from the balls (I do anyway!).It works still better for me with fingers (a bit like bongo style) - this works because it's got not too tight a resonance. The clear skins also allow you to see exactly where the balls are and how they roll, which also helps control, and you can also get good effects by combining strikes to top and bottom skins (which is also helped by these being completely clear).I had been thinking about buying a tin drum and putting several small bouncy rubber balls inside - but the rattle from these is better and clearer - they are harder, but still as bouncy. I've also added a string of pellet bells (they're cat collar bells actually - yes really!) and they work great - to add just enough - again controllable - jingle.Can't wait to try it out with my brushes and short hot rods.My only criticism: the strap attachments make it hang a bit lopsided. The strap length is adjustable but still doesn't hang well for an adult (but then it's not supposed to, is it?). For a kid it would be fine as is: I however will have to adapt it to hang from my kit as and where I want it.I've worked a bit with autistic kids on music therapy. I would recommend this for such use - especially in the hands of a good music therapist (and not just for autistic kids either!).What more can I say?