We bought this violin, as our daughter who will be 3 in Jan, loves watching Andre' Rieu and up to now has been using a toy xylophone as a violin, every time he is on. We bought it for Christmas and her face when she got it from Santa in the morning was the best ever. It made our day, when she first played it, because she extended the last note before flinging both arms in the air just like Andre' Rieu does at the end of his playing. The 8 songs it plays, may not be to everyones taste, but are generally known by most people and it's great fun for the adults to. It was the first toy she started playing with downstairs on Boxing Day morning and I have sneakily played it a few times today myself... You select each tune in turn on the end button, and play the tune through on the middle button. At anytime whilst it is playing or not, you can move the bow across the violin on the black rubber section and you start playing the current tune. You speed up and slow down and adjust you're stroke, to re-create the tune as each note changes, it's very addictive. I think the only improvement could be if Andre' Rieu would bring out his own version!!