Toy Musical Instruments

14MOM BROUGHT TO THE ER AFTER FALL. HE WAS STANDING A FOAM BALL PIT. WHILE PLAYING, THE PATIENT'S RIGHT NARE BECAME STUCK/HIT A TOY METAL XYLOPHONE AFTER HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL. EXAM NOTES SLIGHT OOZING OF BLOOD FROM RIGHT NARE. DX: INJURY NOSE SUPERFICIAL ; EPISTAXIS; INJURY HEAD

18MOM P/W LAC OF LIP, AS PER MOTHER PT WAS PLAYING W/ A XYLOPHONE AT HOME WHEN IT HIT HIM ON THE LIP, DX:LAC OF MOUTH

4 YOM PLAYING WITH A DRUM STICK PUT IT INTO MOUTH WHILE AT SCHOOL CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS HARD PALATE, ELOPED PRIOR TO COMPLETION OF TREATMENT, DX: LACERATION OF MOUTH

3 YOM. EYEBROW LAC AFTER PT STRUCK HIS FACE AGAINST THE EDGE OF A TOY WOODEN PIANO. DX: COMPLEX LAC OF EYEBROW

14MOM WAS PLAYING AND FELL AND STRUCK FACE ON THE CORNER OF A PLAY DRUM SET DX: LACERATION FOREHEAD

8MOM WAS TRYING TO STAND UP WITH A TOY DRUM STICK IN HIS MOUTH AND CUT HIS LIP DX: LIP LACERATION

9YOF PRESENTS WITH ABDOMINAL PAIN. UNEXPECTEDLY, WE FOUND A METALLIC OBJECT WHICH IS LIKELY INTRAVAGINAL; 4CM BLACK HOLIDAY BELL. DX: VAGINAL FOREIGN BODY

9MOF, WAS STANDING IN HER PLAYPEN WHEN FELL AND STRUCK FACE AGAINST A TOY PIANO NO LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS DX: LACERATION OF INTERNAL MOUTH; CLOSED HEAD INJURY

15MOF WAS PLAYING WITH A TOY MARACA AND SOME OF THE BEADS CAME OUT AND SHE SWALLOWED THEM DX: SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY

12MOM DROPPED A WOODEN TOY PIANO ON HIS TOE AT HOME 1 DAY AGO. SWELLING AND BRUISING NOTED TO TOE DX: INJURY OF TOE ON RIGHT FOOT

15MOM- PT WAS PLAYING WITH A TOY TRUMPET WHEN PARENTS HEARD PT START TO CRY. LACERATION TO TONGUE. DX: TONGUE LACERATION.

12MOM STANDING ON TOY PIANO AND FELL TO FLOOR AND PIANO FELL ON HIS FOOT. DX: HEMATOMA LEFT GREAT TOE

As I closed my 3 year old’s toy accordion, I experienced an incredibly sharp pain at the tip of one of my fingers. The source was a sharp needle sticking out from where one of the very flimsy keys had broken off. Looking underneath the other keys, I see that every key is designed this way; the spring mechanisms for the keys—which sit just under the keys in an exposed gap—all end in very sharp pointed metal needles. Given that the key that broke on ours happened without dropping it, i.e., from my son playing it that evening, this toy accordion is very dangerous. I’m lucky that it was my own finger and not my 3 year olds that was pierced by the needle sticking out from the toy. The accordion has “Planet Music (R)” written on one side and has a Made in China sticker on the other. It is the turquoise model pictured at http://aplanetmusic.com. I have photos available if they would be of use.

The consumer would like to file a report against the product because she feels it poses a safety hazard. 02/15/2014 The consumer regularly buys her grandson toys for when he goes to visit her and thus she cannot recall the exact date of purchase. She knows it was at least six months ago. 08/30/2014 While at her home, the consumer’s seven year-old grandson was playing with the kazoo toy. He was being supervised by the consumer and other family members. Moments later, the grandson is gasping for air as he accidentally swallowed the toy’s mouthpiece that had suddenly come off while he was blowing into it. The child’s mother, a medical assistant, attempted the Heimlich maneuver but the toy piece would not come out. She tried to extract the part of the toy that was stuck in his throat but was unsuccessful at it as it was unreachable. They determined he had swallowed it and would hopefully expulse it in his bowel movements. The consumer states that they did not notice any bleeding during the incident and that the child did not complain of any pain for the days that followed. The consumer says the incident lasted anywhere between one minute and one minute and a half. For the next several days, the child’s bowel movements were inspected to see if the mouthpiece was there but they did not find it. He then started school and so the family could no longer inspect his bowel movements. They hope he got rid of it in some time during his school hours. Prior to the incident, the consumer noted that the mouthpiece had dimensions of approximately ½ inch by ¾ inch. 09/17/2014 The consumer hand-delivered a letter to the retailer recalling the incident that happened a few weeks earlier involving her grandson and how, because of this, it is an unsafe toy for children. 09/19/2014 The consumer received a phone call from [REDACTED] at Ja-Ru, Inc. The consumer specified that [REDACTED] wanted to verify the toy’s copyright year. The consumer asked [REDACTED] what was

Older model little tikes drum with attached drumsticks. The drum was stuck(by the drumstick) under a childs jumpy toy. Pulled the drum set out by one of the drumsticks and the caught stick snapped by the string an a piece of the drumstick broke off and is a potential choking hazard.

I am reporting a consumer product safety issue involving the following item purchased on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B098DX4X79?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1# The small rubber piece attached to the metal triangle in this musical instrument set can easily detach. My one-year-old child detached this piece and put it in his mouth and could have choked because it's very small. This product is advertised as suitable for babies and toddlers. This product does not include the federally mandated consumer product safety label warning that it may contain small parts and pose a choking hazard for children under three. This appears to be a violation of consumer product safety labeling requirements.

(09/12/2025) The consumer has a safety concern about the product.Her toddler granddaughter was playing with her Sounds Of Silence Drums when they saw her choking on the ball of the drumsticks. They easily came off the sticks. She stated that if they were not looking at her, she could have choked to death. She would like to file a complaint to have this toy removed off amazon and for the company to stop making it.

We found the bee-shaped rattle portion of the B. "Parum Pum Pum Drum" musical instrument set sold at Target had somehow opened up, allowing one (or more -- we found one) of the small beads inside the handle to spill out onto the floor. We found the toy and the bead both on the floor, but did not see how the bead had come loose. Upon examination, it looked like the head of the bee was no longer snugly closed, allowing the pieces to come apart enough that beads could slip out. The bead may be a choking hazard. We found it before our children came to any harm and removed the toy from them. It is all the more concerning because there was no obvious damage to the toy, and the two halves appear to make a sound whole until stress is placed on it. Had we not found the bead, we probably would not have known the toy was leaking beads and would have left it for our children to continue to play with.

Lead Safe Mama, LLC is a small business based in Portland, Oregon that does consumer goods testing for toxicants using XRF technology. Ehome toy bells sold for use by babies and toddlers were tested using XRF technology and found to test positive for high Levels of Lead in the paint. This was reported back in March of 2022 but a recall has not yet been issued by the CPSC - so we are reporting this again in the hopes that it will be further investigated and a comprehensive recall will be issued. The product that was positive was purchased in late-2019 or early 2020. A second example of new product from this company purchased in 2022 on [REDACTED] did not test positive for Lead in the paint. The full details are discussed on this Link: [REDACTED]

Mickey Mouse band in a box (not sure it's the actual name of product) was bought for my son for Christmas last year (2010). The morocco's "leaked" the beads or whatever were inside of them, however, they were not broken at the time. The "clapper" also came undone leaving the stretchy line that held it together a choking hazard and/or a tourniquette-type hazard. The drum head was torn after being hit (as a drum is made for) which caused pieces of the plastic to have jagged edges. The tamborine also came apart, after which I re-glued it. It came apart again, which left the "chimes" as a choking hazard. After all of this I am reporting that this product is not safe for children of any age & especially if there are smaller children in the house, as in my case.