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(More customer reviews)When I decided to give my daughter (not 4 yet) some experience with percussion, beats, and timing, I set a few parameters about the musical implements that I would purchase:
1. They had to sound good. And I mean good enough to grow with her.
2. They had to be safe.
3. They had to be durable.
4. They had to require practically no tuning or maintenance.
Thanks to Amazon, I stumbled across Meinl Nino percussion instruments. I purchased 4 items which I am listing in order of my favorite (1) to my least favorite (4). Hey, they are all fantastic and tonally interesting but some are just more fun than others:
1. The Meinl Bongo Cajon.
2. The Meinl Oriental Wood Tone Block
3. The Meinl Wood Shaker (large cylinder).
4. The Meinl Wood Guiro.
All of these are from the Meinl Nino line for kids and adhere to strict European safety standards. And man, do they sound good. They're fun. They look and feel great with their natural rubber wood professionally-finished construction. And best of all, they require NO tuning or maintenance and seem virtually indestructible.
The Bongo Cajon is just hard to resist. I, personally can't keep my hands off of it. The Oriental Wood Tone Block was the biggest surprise of the group because I wasn't expecting much; but the number of complementary sounds that you can make with the bell shaped body and the graduated striker is both interesting and enjoyable. The wood shaker sounds great and is fun to use with a variety of musical styles. The Guiro sounds warm and interesting and you can make a surprising number of tones again with the graduated scraper stick.
Meinl Nino wood percussion instruments highly recommended!
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