I need to connect the negative reviews here me unfortunately. We bought the xylophone as a gift for a neighbor's child and tested for safety's sake before the Offer. The sound itself is very bad for a child's toy, a scale was not to be recognized for our untrained ears and the tones sound more random and dull. As a comparison, we have a somewhat higher-quality children's xylophone and even can use an even cheaper xylophone, both sound much better. We will return the xylophone.