Great idea, semi-poor quality of instruments
My daughter (18 months) loves the instruments, but the only thing that really has any decent sound quality is the harmonica. The flute does not work at all. Overall very nice variety of instruments and colors.

This is lots of fun
I bough this for my son's 2nd birthday. He loves it. Within a few days he had figured out how to use the flute and the harmonica. I was amazed how well he does. Now we both play music together. It teaches him rythm and is just so much fun. It comes in a nice crate you can keep all the instruments in. I would recommend this for any child.

tuneless xylophone
When we ordered this set we were especially excited about the xylophone, which turned out to be shoddily made and completely out of tune. Don't order this set if you want to make music with it, or if you're expecting quality workmanship. On the plus side, there are a variety of noises to be made and the baby seems to like it well enough.

Melissa and Doug deluxe band set
My grandaughter recieved this on her 4th birthday. There were so many instruments to try out that she played with it for quite a long time. These are well made instruments and lots of fun.

Great fun for teaching music and group play
My 2-year-old loves this set. We broke it out for her when she started watching Baby Einstein's Meet the Orchestra. She likes to look for and play the instrument from this set that is being played in the video. Well made, safe, and lots of fun!