Everyone who is considering this item for your child please understand this is a toy and not an instrument. As a toy my opinion is it fits the bill. My 2.5 year old think its the best ever. Hence the 4 stars.

Why not 5 stars? Because it required some attention/ maintenance from me to resolve a common problem as reported by many here.

The problem: strings loosen frequently and require you adjust the tuning keys often. Very annoying!

Fix: there are screws on the end of every tuning keys. In order to keep them from loosening frequently you will need to take a small screwdriver and tighten these screws. After tightening the tuning keys wherr i wanted them i also tightened these screws. Issue seems to be resolved. Time will tell. But so far so good.