| Hohner Kids Hardwood Wood Block with Mallet | 
| Brand: Hohner Kids
List Price: $4.95
Buy New: $3.20
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Seller: bandbox2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 7 x 4 x 2
MPN: S2203
Model: S2203
UPC: 048667801233
EAN: 0048667801233
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| Features:
| - | 6" long x 2-1/4" wide x 1-3/8" thick (approx.) | | - | Includes mallet | | - | Age: 3 years and older |
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Product Description
Rectangular hardwood woodblock, with wood mallet. Holding the block and tapping gently creates a warm, rhythmic sound.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Did not capture my two year old's attention February 18, 2010
N. J. Simicich (Labelle, FL United States)
I bought this for my 2 1/2 year old who typically loves percussion instruments. He loves playing bongos and has since he was so small he could not hit them and played them by scratching the skins. Now he sets the bongos up with a tambourine in the center leaning on the books that are behind it so that he can hit the middle one and get a different sound and he will play them for 15 minutes at a time, to his own rhythms or, somewhat syncopated, to recorded music, forever on the 2 year old timescale. So, I thought, he might like something that he could play in the car and stuff.
He used it for one trip and decided to leave it at home the next time. The things I noticed were the same as others did - the "sweet spot" is small and only on one side, and he experimented a little hitting it on other parts, the only really wood blocky sound was in one small hard to hit place. Maybe if he was older. It is a very sharp sound, but he is too young to ask if the sound hurts his ears. (Well, I could ask him, but I can't interpret his answer.)
The photo shows a lacquered mallet. The mallet we got was painted. The block was lacquered. Not that big of a deal, just worth mentioning that the photo did not quite match what we got.
The wood is soft wood. It looks like stained pine. My grandson didn't play with it long enough to make marks on it.
piercing sound for small ears August 27, 2009
Mom with a Master's (Washington, DC)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
My two-year-old and I have a great time playing with this and other percussion instruments while listening to salsa and other music with a good beat. However, this wood block is very high-pitched and kind of hurts the ears if you play it full-out, correctly. The flip side is that it's rather difficult for a little kid to find the sweet spot on it--and get that full-out sound. I'm not sure there's a better option since its small size is both what causes the high-pitchedness and what makes it manageable for small hands! Bigger ones probably have a more mellow sound and a larger sweet spot, but will be too big for a toddler's hands.
music maker -- soft wood August 21, 2009
C. Crick (Atlanta, GA United States)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a fun toy -- but the block is not really made of hard wood. My 19-month-old daughter made indentations all over the wood by hitting it with the mallet. Not of great quality -- but what can you expect for under $3.
 wood block February 14, 2009
Momma
my daughter is a music therapist and uses this in her sessions, it works great.
Excellent... November 14, 2008
Arcturus70 (In the Orion Spur of the Milky Way Galaxy)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is an excellent, non-threatening little percussion instrument for school music activities, drama productions, and / or drum circles. They always seem popular with my students when we do music and / or rhythm exercises. The woodblocks have a nice, rich sound, especially when you find their "sweet" spot.
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