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Music Maker Lap Harp
Availability:
In Stock
Price:
$49.95
$24.00*
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| Part No: | B00000J50W |
| Manufacturer: | Rhythm Band |
| MFG Part: | RB1527 |
| Customer Rating: | 3.5 / 5.0 |
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- Winner of the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio award
- Great introduction to the world of music
- Made of quality hardwood
- Beautiful in tone and appearance
- Great for even young children
This unique string instrument is hand finished from solid hardwood. Beautiful in tone and appearance, the Music Maker is playable even by young children. Simply pluck the strings indicated on the twelve individual song sheets which are included and you have instant music.
A tuning key and pick are included with this lightweight and portable instrument.
| I love these so much I created World of Harmony Music, a music curriculum for children! | 2010-07-19 | 5 / 5 |
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| I bought a Music Maker zither, or lap harp, twelve years ago, when my daughter was only 2. She immediately loved the instrument, could easily play beautiful music on it, and would take it with her to play for friends and family in their homes. Being a professional musician myself, I was so impressed that I decided to create an educational music curriculum for children, using these instruments! You can see my books here on . Just look for World of Harmony Music. |
| Made our Christmas Enjoyable for All Ages | 2010-01-07 | 5 / 5 |
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| We bought this for our niece and our grandaughter. It was fun to see everyone, at all ages, picking up the instrument and playing it. The music cards that come with it were so self explanitory that anyone without music ability could do it. We are so happy to have the sound of strings in the home over this wonderful holiday. Every home should have musical instruments and this is a good coffee table item. Prior to giving this as a gift, pull out the tuner and extra string and give to the parents to put away without the children seeing it. I did fine tune before giving however it was only a little bit. If the children get the tuner tool, they can over screw and the string will break. You also might want to pull out the order sheet for extra cards and tuner instructions prior to gift giving. A case would be a great addition. |
| Excellent for preschoolers | 2010-01-03 | 5 / 5 |
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| Purchased for my 4 year old daughter for Christmas. Within 15 minutes of opening it she was playing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Row Row Row Your Boat unassisted, just by following the music sheet. She loves it! |
| This is not an autoharp, it's a zither | 2009-09-10 | 3 / 5 |
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An autoharp is something with keys you press to create chords while you strum a number of strings, like early country music star Maybelle Carter of the Carter Family used for years. This is not one of those. This item is a zither, on which you pluck one string at a time to produce one note. There IS a difference.
Having said that, I bought one of these a few years ago and found it very easy to use, thanks to the music sheets you can slide beneath the strings so you can see which strings to pluck. It's important to keep it in tune (it can get out of tune over use and/or time), but it's pleasant enough to listen to.
If you're just starting out to play music on a string instrument and find the guitar a little daunting, this isn't a bad way to begin learning. Just make sure you're getting one at the right price, and DON'T expect to play chords on it...it's not built for that. |
| bad autoharp | 2009-08-05 | 1 / 5 |
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| well, i was really looking forward to using this on some special recordings, not only did it come in so out of tune that its almost untunable due to the lack of a tuning key, which i never recieved and the strings are practically rusted. its going to cost me more to fix it then the item cost. |
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