Melissa & Doug Deluxe Wooden Musical Instruments Sound Puzzle
- 8 piece sound puzzle
- Colorful musical instrument pictures
- Great Value
- Great Quality
- Recommended Age Rating is 2 Years and up
Wooden peg puzzles are taken to the next level with this interactive puzzle that plays eight different musical instruments. Place the instrument in the proper place and listen to the unique sound it makes. Besides being lots of fun for budding musicians, this puzzle also reinforces cause-and-effect matching skills.
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(out of 14 reviews)
List Price: $ 12.99
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Review by Jeannine M. James for Melissa & Doug Deluxe Wooden Musical Instruments Sound Puzzle
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I am hesitant to give this toy a bad review because I absolutely LOVE Melissa and SOug puzzles and my 2 year old just can’t get enough of them. However, this one is just plain annoying. All the instruments play Old MacDonald and they are all done electronically and unfortunately do not sound very much like the instrument they represent. I am a music tecaher and I was overjoyed when I saw this puzzle to help teach my son the sounds of different instruments but it really doesn’t accomplish that. Plus it’s very loud (well they all are) and my husband and I are about to take the batteries out. AFTER I ordered my friend said she had the same puzzle and found it also to be the most annoying that she hides it from her toddler.
Review by Erik for Melissa & Doug Deluxe Wooden Musical Instruments Sound Puzzle
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First, the physical puzzle is fine. Just don’t put the batteries in. Unless you want your child to learn to distinguish between bland, non-descript synth patches from a cheap Casio keyboard.
How hard could it have been to use an actual recording of the instrument for each piece? This company could easily use a public domain wave file, or better yet, ask some musicians or music educators to contribute a short melody. You wouldn’t need access to an expensive recording studio, either. Today a cheap $300 handheld record would do the trick.
Review by Toronto Parent for Melissa & Doug Deluxe Wooden Musical Instruments Sound Puzzle
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This is another failing sound puzzle by M&D. Their products are normally of good quality and this one like the farm animals is a disgrace. I am not trying to trash them, I just do not want you to be as upset as I was. All sounds were recorded using an organ of sorts and most sound nothing like the pictured instrument. The puzzle itself works out fine without batteries, just be aware that it is indeed a beginners’ level puzzle (marked 2+). To their credit, M&D customer service were gracious and offered to send a non-sound playing replacement.
Review by A. Kolbe for Melissa & Doug Deluxe Wooden Musical Instruments Sound Puzzle
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My daughter loves this puzzle, she plays with it constantly, only problem is , it goes off randomly at night, for no reason, the only way to get it to stop is to take out the batteries. A on and off button would bne GREAT!!!! Having to unscrew the door to get the batteries out at 1am, is a tad annoying!!!
Review by Jules for Melissa & Doug Deluxe Wooden Musical Instruments Sound Puzzle
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Do not buy this puzzle! There are so many better ones out there and this is just awful. First of all, as the other reviewers have stated, the instruments do not sound like actual instruments (i would be unable to identify them and I played in an orchestra for years). But the absolute worst thing about it is that it continually goes off at night(unless you keep the battery out) (there is no on-off switch)! I spent over a half an hour in the middle of the night once trying to get it stop going off (and you know, to take the battery out you need a tiny phillips head, which i did not want to get in the middle of the night!) so i stuffed it under the cushions of the sofa! Seriously, don’t buy this puzzle!!! (i love wooden puzzles and would never knock one but this is just ridiculous!)