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Recommend some cool instruments for my kids!

Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2017 7:25 pm
by adamajah
I have a couple toddlery rugrats that like to jam with me on various casio's, drums, xylophones, recorders etc and I'm looking for some more fun stuff. There are some decent looking zithers and kalimbas on amazon that aren't too $$$ to get destroyed by the little ones. Any other ideas/recommendations for sub-$50 stuff?

http://www.amazon.com/Andoer-Birch-Fing ... 0146137RG/

http://www.amazon.com/Music-Maker-01-La ... B00000J50W

:idk: :poke:

Re: Recommend some cool instruments for my kids!

Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2017 7:43 pm
by Chankgeez
This bell set popped up on Reverb the other day & I thought it looked nice. Very colorful:

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https://reverb.com/item/7088852-trophy- ... odee-bells

skully got his son one of these at a very early age:

https://loogguitars.com

Pretty heavy duty in lucite:

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Re: Recommend some cool instruments for my kids!

Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2017 7:48 pm
by actual
They need to do a real version of that guitar :drool:

Re: Recommend some cool instruments for my kids!

Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2017 7:53 pm
by DRodriguez
Loog!

Otamatone!
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Melodicas!

Data Duo is a synth that encourages collaboration (expensive)
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Get little oscillator and drone boxes off etsy if you want them to do it on headphones.

Re: Recommend some cool instruments for my kids!

Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2017 7:54 pm
by drolo
not the same price range, but the volca keys was fun for my kid

you need this:

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Re: Recommend some cool instruments for my kids!

Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2017 7:56 pm
by DRodriguez
I need that

Re: Recommend some cool instruments for my kids!

Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2017 8:00 pm
by drolo
theremins!

I built one from this project (with an arduino) and we had a lot of fun:

http://www.gaudi.ch/OpenTheremin/index. ... &Itemid=93

Re: Recommend some cool instruments for my kids!

Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2017 8:06 pm
by DRodriguez
please re-title this thread David's wishlist please.

Re: Recommend some cool instruments for my kids!

Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2017 9:36 pm
by adamajah
HAha this thread is going awesome. Thanks for the ideas so far. I've had my eye on those Loogs for a while. I think I'll wait until they're a tad older - I have a uke and they go full thrash on it.

Oh yeah a melodica would be good for them. They do well with kazoos and the casio so that's a logical combo. Otamatone - yes awesome, and I came across that Dato thingy but ruled it out cost-wise.

Does that gong come in a 5 inch diameter version? :P

Re: Recommend some cool instruments for my kids!

Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2017 9:42 pm
by Ugly Nora
Boomwhackers. Your kids can rain down chromatic death upon each other's heads. :joy:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0iq6QxRoBs[/youtube]

Re: Recommend some cool instruments for my kids!

Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2017 9:54 pm
by ritz
One or two monotrons is a lot of fun. The right size for little fingers, and the ribbon is really immediate. The delay one is maybe the most fun. Monotron into monotron delay is a sweet "my first effect chain" playset

Re: Recommend some cool instruments for my kids!

Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2017 10:42 pm
by adamajah
wow. yeah I can already feel the wrath of a 6am wake up via boomwhacker to the cabeza. haha

dude ... i need a monotron duo! i mean, my kids need one! ...

Re: Recommend some cool instruments for my kids!

Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2017 11:21 pm
by Bassist_Diver
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Re: Recommend some cool instruments for my kids!

Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2017 12:06 am
by jrfox92
Ugly Nora wrote:Boomwhackers. Your kids can rain down chromatic death upon each other's heads. :joy:
Oh, god, I remember using those in Elementary school. :erm:

Re: Recommend some cool instruments for my kids!

Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2017 12:57 am
by oldangelmidnight
My kids are most likely to go for the cheapo Zoom drum machine with big pads to pound on. Any kind of shaker or rain stick will make them go crazy. They really covet my Organelle so I'm tempted to get a cheap C&G Pocket Piano for them. They also like the Volcas but I'm worried they're a bit fragile.

Actually, they mostly play kazoo...

I have two kids; one is over 5, the other isn't yet 2.