Stylophone The Original Pocket Electronic Synthesizer | Synth Musical Instrument | Synthesizer Keyboard | Stylophone Instrument Synth

These are great. These have improved amazingly from when they were first made. The output to an amp is amazing sounds like a big instrument. Great price too.

Original and quirky present for a grandchild. Robust and lasts well

My daughter absolutely loves this, she saved up her pocket money to buy it and has had a lot of use from it and it still works well.Good sound quality (as far as stylophones go) with this versatile little musical instrument. Easy to carry in a bag for when she has sleepovers (lucky them). She has been able to play several tunes on it and finds it easy to use.

Great fun to use good quality had one years ago david Bowie used one for his recording of space oddty very popular in its aday. .

Works really well and is easyu to change the octive you are playing on to play bigger more complex tunes.

We were in the music trade when Rolf Harris was promoting these on his excellent show, with bands of schoolkids playing them in concert.Must have sold a hundred of them myself, probably more. And thinking back, we never had one returned. But I've never had one for my own use until today - been - and do you know what, it's great fun!You don't need to read music to play one - there are a couple of tunes in the manual that are spelled out simply in a play-by-numbers fashion. Very easy to pick up, and a great morale booster.But if you wanted to, you could learn to read and perform sheet music on one of these.You just have to work out which note is which on the Stylophone - and since it is laid out like a mini piano, this is easy to do - much easier than (say) a recorder, which is another good first instrument.A simple piano book borrowed from a library would get you started, then you could transcribe sheet music to the Stylophone numbering system - an educational plus for kids there.Failing that, there is a Stylophone Music page at Tumblr dot com, and other Stylophone tunes all over the web.It does not have a large range of notes - one and a half octaves, compared with the two octaves of a recorder.But within that limitation, it does what it says on the tin! The headphone socket is a blessing for others who may not share the performers joy in music, and there is a lead provided that can connect it to recording hardware (MP3 player, eg) or amplification (adding reverb is a good tip).Recommended for kids of all ages - 6 to 96 seems about right. ;)

I have a home studio and I was looking for some quirky instruments to add for composing. I bought this having watched some YouTube demonstrations and for £25 I thought it was worth a try. I have included it in 2 compositions so far as well as having some great fun playing songs with my daughter. The Stylophone has been used by some greats including David Bowie but perhaps its most famous pop song was 'Son of my Father' by Chicory Tip in the 1970s.

I bought the Stylophone for one simple reason: to do musical ear training with a small gadget I could take with me anywhere I go. It does this job quite well. What I did not realise is that you cannot play chords because of the nature of the instrument: the stylus is connected to a wire as you can see on the picture, so when you touch the metal keyboard with the metal-tipped stylus a circuit is created which activates the sound-producing circuit. To play a chord you would need a minimum of 2 styli, each connected with a wire. For now, at the outset of my training I need no chords. For later I will probably have to buy a Melodica which is bigger but does not need batteries. Before you use the Stylophone for ear training you should check the pitch which can be adjusted with a knob on the back next to the battery compartment.