Lyons 25 Note (G-G) Bell Set with Case Reviews

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I can confirm the notes are perfectly tuned. The yellow plastic mallets are too long and flexible, but not breakable. Hardwood mallets give a nicer strike and a better sound if you don't strike correctly with the plastic mallets. These hard plastic mallets are a little "soft" which does not bounce off perfectly. I'm being picky. Stay away from other children bell sets that do not have very rectangular bars with sharp edges: the rounded edges give undesirable harmonics. These are perfectly square at the edges. The notes are high-pitched and loud, like the one 4-star reviewer wrote. You can use the handles instead of heads of the mallets to get a much softer sound for practicing. My wife: "Did you buy that for our child or yourself??" and "You're hurting my ears!" High pitched and loud. It is a bell set, after all. Opening it takes a little effort and concentration to press the button correctly. Our 1.5 year old is not able to open it. As long as it doesn't break and stays closed when it is supposed to, the little extra hassle of opening it is OK. The snap design appears like it is not ever going to break. The low C measured 1047 which is perfectly two octaves above middle C. The first note is a G that is 1 octave above middle G, and the last note is a G that is 3 octaves above middle G. So your basic C to C playing is 2 and 3 octaves above middle C. I'll try to record a "video review" that includes the notes, G to G.

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This is an amazing deal, and a fun product to introduce children to music with. The mallets it came with are one piece (no choking hazard from the ball coming off the end) and the unit sounds great. It is the best "bell set" (glockenspeil) we have found for kids, and adults, at anywhere near the price point. Recommend, A+.

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I bought this for myself a couple of months ago and I couldn't be more pleased. It has a beautiful sound and the value is unbeatable, I've seen this same model sell for 4x the price at auction. It's not just for children but also for anyone who wants to learn to play this kind of instrument.

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The LMI Glockenspiel (Bells set) is made in Korea, and is a real bargain. The glockenspiel is two octaves chromatic, from G-G. The steel bars are silver-plated for a shiny, reflective appearance.

I'm a pro percussionist and pro percussion teacher. I bought an LMI Glockenspiel for a trial, and then bought 6 more. The price was so low ($15) for a set of bells with a hard plastic case, that I wanted more. I gave them as drawing prizes at a student percussion contest.

The glock is very portable, and is light weight, considering that it has steel bars. Most bells sets in the $150-$500 range have aluminum bars. Aluminum bars are OK for a bells set, but steel gives a greater projection, and steel bars "cut through" an entire orchestra.

This is a table-top bells set. You open it up, the top of the case becomes a music stand, and the bells set has feet to set it above the table, for better projection.

A pair of flexible shaft bell mallets, made of hard plastic, are included with the set, and they store easily inside the case.

This is an excellent sounding set of bells, at a very low price. I recommend it for new bells students on a tight budget. I use the LMI Glock when traveling, for practice, and also for teaching in a small room, at a music instrument retail store. I only wish it had 2.5 octaves range.

John Broecker.

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We ordered this a couple years ago for a young son. It is a fantastic instrument! I was so surprised at the quality. SO, his brother is getting his own for Christmas this year! We use this in several musical numbers our family does together. While one might play a part on the piano, guitar, harp, flute, violin... the little ones can usually pick up a simple phrase on the glockenspeil as an addition to the whole. It adds a nice touch. Obviously, it has to be pitched well to join in all the other tuned instruments. My actions speak louder than my words... I'm ordering another one!

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I used these to build my own custom circuit board using ferric chloric acid. i used tin snips to cut them. They work. I'm not to impressed with my pcb skills though and next time I think I will probably just send the boards off to be made somewhere else, but these were great for learning how to do them myself.

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My son turned 2 a couple months ago and became really interested in fishing. I wanted to get him a fishing toy, but when I looked at other products, it was hard to tell if it would work for a child so small. I was extremely happy with my choice.

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there are plenty of fish, making it easier for my toddler to "catch" one

all pieces are waterproof and dry easily

We have played with this set outside in a large bucket and in the bathtub. Very happy with this product.

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This is the cutest little fishing set out there. The fact that it comes with 4 fishing poles makes having to share obsolete. These toys have extremely strong magnets at the end of the fishing pole nylon line and the fish mouths which will make catching a fish pretty easy with good hand eye coordination practice. Only negative I have is I was hoping the reel would move the pole in and out but it doesn't. If you want to shorten the pole you can simply push it in. The product seems very durable and I look forward to watching my boys catch a big one. This will be a Christmas present for my 1 and 3 year old sons to be used in the bath tub and during the summer time in their outdoor pool. I think they are going to love it. My three year old like Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and saw me purchasing this item online and said he wanted to go fishing for gooey fish (for those of you out there who know what I'm talking about, I think your kids will enjoy this toy too.)

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I bought this for my daughter who is almost 3. Some friends of ours have it, and when we were over there for a play date over the summer she just loved it. We haven't even put it into the bathtub yet, and she has already played with it several times. I bought it as a Daddy/Daughter gift, since my husband loves to fish and is looking forward to taking our little one fishing for the first time this summer.

The toy itself is very sturdy, and the magnets on the ends of both the fish and the fishing poles are pretty strong, so when kids actually "hook" a fish, they can lift up the pole and show off their catch. We haven't put it in the water yet, but I've seen our friend's set in the water, and the fish are weighted to point upwards to make it easier to connect them to the poles.

The only issue we've had is that my daughter likes to swing the fishing poles around (whether there's a fish on there or not) but that's not the toy's fault. I'm looking forward to trying this out in the bathtub, and in the wading pool this summer.

UPDATE: This toy is fun in the tub, if you don't use something like Mr. Bubble. Otherwise the bubbles cover up the fish, which makes them harder to find. And the magnets on the end of the fishing poles will stick to a cast iron tub.

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I bought the polls and fish for my daughters 4th birthday party. We have a waterfall that has a small pool underneath it, also has a safety net, that we put the fish in. The kids loved going fishing! We also rented a bouncy castle, but the kids spent more time fishing than bouncing. At first I was a little disappointed that the polls don't reel in, but it turns out that these were perfect for the coordination of four year olds. Even the 6 year old boy at the party was loving it. My kids woke up and wanted to go fishing right away, just moved the game to the bath tub. I loved that there are multiple polls and so many fish, and there are several types if fish and different colors. Most of the sets I saw while looking only had one poll and a few of the same fish, would have had to buy several sets to meet my needs, and still wouldn't have been so cute. Highly recommend!! Great for a party game, or just fun at home.

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Kids at my son's birthday party had a great time! Many of the moms were asking where I had purchased this toy. It has held up well so far. The only real complain I have is I don't think the magnet is very strong. You practically have to put the fish on the hook to make it connect...but my son doesn't seem to mind.

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My daughters love this toy. When they were little, they'd just push the buttons to make the pages move and listen to the music. As they got older, it got more interactive, and they would do the activities on each page.

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I think that the Learn Through Music Plus is a great toy, in fact, probably one of the only toys my daughter will play with for more than 1 minute. I'd say it's one of her favorites, the Ariel Rom is very cute and she likes it a lot, but she doesn't like it as much as Dora. I'd recommend it though.

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I've ordered twice from here and they have all hatched. My students love watching them grow. Thanks for a great product!

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We bought these as a gift for our friend. He thought they were so cool that he did not even want to take the out of the case but rather wanted to stick them in a collectors case!

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My kids (4.5 and 3) have been picking up roly-polys all summer and I hadn't found a really good way to keep them. This toy is easy for the kids to open and even came with tips for keeping them. We have a release-bugs-at-night-so-they-can-go-back to-their-families rule at our house, but even if they were allowed in the house, bugs aren't getting out of this box.

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i've never written a review before but i love this and so does my son. we take it everywhere we go. i often carry bug catching containers in my purse and this is perfect. not to mention its been dropped many times and hasn't broken. we recently left it at the pool and so i'm about to order two more before he notices. one for him and one for the other kids that love to look at this when we are out bug catching!

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My girls are so excited to run out and catch bugs for their playground, but the lid is extremely difficult to open, even for out 5 year old.

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Very cute toy. All children love roly polies, and this way they can watch them without freaking out their mothers by having little bugs running around the house. LOL!!! Cool idea!

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We affectionately call this the Roly Poly Graveyard. My 5yo loves collecting Roly Polys to put into it. Works as expected.

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My 4 year old loves playing "Berries, Bugs and Bullfrogs". It introduces some simple math concepts like wich are more slugs or frogs or slug or berries. My 6 year old found it a bit too simple at the 4 year old level of play. We have not attempted the multiplication components yets. Is comparable to other Family Pastimes games we have played in terms of durability. My kids like "Princess", "Secret Door", and "Harvest Time" best for play-ability. No tears with these games.

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We picked up BERRIES, BUGS AND BULLFROGS while our child was 4. He is 5 and we continue to enjoy this game.

As advertised, i BERRIES, BUGS AND BULLFROGS offers ways to play with mathematics and partnership. So far, we have played two of the 4 variations suggested. "The Good Berry Patch Game" has you build (together) berry patches that have more berries than bugs. You count all the berries and bugs in each patch. It's a good patch if it has more berries than bugs. This means many chances to talk about adding, subtracting, and comparing numbers.

"The Bug-Free Berry Patch Game," still a stretch for our 5-year old, has you score each berry patch. First, each bug in a patch eats a berry. Then you figure out the overall score for the berry patch. There's a bonus for a bug-free patch. Finally, you add up the score for all the patches to see how you did.

A whole other level of fun is offered by the pretend play possibilities of the squad of hungry bullfrogs. (Today my son declared they were a family and talked about the mommy frog, daddy frog, etc, as he played them.)

A cooperative game sounds like it might be no fun, but BERRIES, BUGS AND BULLFROGS is great. We love playing together. There is lots of energy and laughter every time we play, and our son asks to play this game.

As far as the game materials: both the bullfrogs and the tiles are very sturdy.

Only downside: the pictures on the game tiles show slugs, which I think of as not a type of bug (insects). So the first time I read the instructions, I had to look twice to confirm there were no insect-related game pieces, and that we had everything we should. I may be a very literal person, or it may be that bug is a more general term in Canada. Either way, it was a very small bump.

Our family loves BERRIES, BUGS AND BULLFROGS! We will be trying more of this company's games!

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I ordered 7 packs of these for my new classroom and they were here in 2 days! They are absolutely what I expected and I can't wait to put them to use. They were also a great value for what I paid; about $6.50 per 4-pack. They are white on both sides (unlike what the picture shows), and they provide plenty of elbow room too. I am very pleased.

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Exactly what I wanted for my first graders. They love their mini offices while taking tests. They are durable and wide enough to fit perfectly in each desk.

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I am a teacher and I got these for when I am testing my students. It gives the students privacy and an ample amount of arm room. Even if they need manipulatives for a math test they can still have them in front of themselves.

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My 5th Graders really like these partitions because they are tall and sturdy. I've used them about 5 months now and they're still mostly clean even though they're all white.

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They are great for the purpose they serve but they are expensive because at the end of the day they are cardboard.

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Great purchase for a really great price! Arrived in mint condition, and arrived quickly. I am very satisfied with this purchase.

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