Your Child's Safety

We care about your children’s safety and your peace of mind and that’s why the products we select adhere to relevant national/international safety standards. Whilst every effort is made to ensure that instruments and toys are safe, it is vital that children are playing safely with them.

To help you keep your children safe we can recommend some basic guidelines:

Buy the right instrument or toy for the right age child. Where applicable we have listed the manufacturer’s age recommendation both in the catalogue and online, but age recommendations and warnings on packaging should always be checked.
- All products with a manufacturers age guideline over 12 months are represented by a green balloon.
- All products with a manufacturers age guideline under 12 months are represented by a blue balloon.
- Products without a manufacturers age guideline (eg. real musical instruments, furniture etc) are represented with an orange balloon labelled ‘PG’.
Children under 3 years love to put things in their mouth so make sure they do not play with instruments and toys with small parts
Ensure that products that are sold as toys conform to the British Standard BS EN71
Regularly check for broken or damaged instruments and toys and throw them away! Once they are broken you can’t be sure they are still safe
Always read and follow manufacturer’s instructions as they contain important information
Ensure older children keep their instruments and toys away from younger children as they might not be safe for younger hands
Tidy instruments and toys away where possible to avoid trips and falls, and never leave any instruments or toys on stairs
Always keep instruments and toys away from fire

IMPORTANT: Parental supervision during play is always advised.
More information on toy safety can be found at the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA) website. Visit : http://www.rospa.com/productsafety/factsheets/toysafety.htm