Musical Instrument Reviews: Melissa & Doug Recorder Cheap

Melissa & Doug Recorder Cheap

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List Price : $6.99 Price : $2.66

Product Description

Make beautiful music with the Melissa and Doug Wooden Recorder! This easy-to-learn musical instrument is a favorite amongst parents and kids alike! Simply blow into the mouth piece and cover specific holes to create a song! The Wooden Recorder offers a fun and interesting way to develop rhythm, melody, and fine motor skills.

Easy-to-play instrument that?s great for beginning to explore music
Encourages awareness and appreciation of music
Helps develop rhythm, melody, and fine motor skills
Durably constructed
For For Ages s 3+

Melissa & Doug Recorder Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful

Very good tone, February 6, 2009

Michelf "Pajama Lady" (Orange County, CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Melissa & Doug Recorder (Toy)

I think it's safe to say that I'm about five times older then I was the last time I played a recorder. But I work at the Renaissance Faire and I want to be able to keep making music when my voice gives out from the dust and the dry conditions. The plastic Angel 101A Three-Piece F Alto Recorder I got from the music store was great to learn on, but not exactly period, so I needed a wooden recorder. On a whim, I ordered this one and I'm very pleased with the result. (Particularly since the Amazon seller I got it from has free shipping, which made it an especially good deal.)

This is a one piece instrument. It appears that the flute was manufactured in two pieces and then joined, but they seem to have fixed the halves together so it can't be disassembled. It didn't come with a cleaning rod, so I'll have to look for one... Read more

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

Decent low-end recorder, December 1, 2010

Joseph M Spicer (Terre Haute, IN United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Melissa & Doug Recorder (Toy)

Even though this is meant to be a toy, I bought one for myself because I knew that a wooden recorder should sound better than the cheap plastic one I was playing before, and it exceeded my expectations. The intonation is not perfect, but it's quite close, and the sound is clean and pleasant. The tuning is a little high. I suspect it's been intentionally tuned to a pitch a little above A440, not quite a half step above, as is common for recorders. The holes are a little smaller and harder to feel than on a typical plastic recorder, so I may put a bevel around the edges of mine to make them easier to find when playing. No fingering chart or anything is supplied. The fifth hole is rather small (unlike in the pictures shown), which usually means that it uses German fingering (the easier fingering) but it sounds fine when played with standard (a.k.a. English or Baroque) fingering. Keep in mind, though, that the last two holes are single holes rather than double, so certain notes (C# and D#... Read more

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

Very good tone, February 6, 2009

Michelf "Pajama Lady" (Orange County, CA) - See all my reviews

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