The holiday season is here, and after exploring gifts for guitarists (here) and string players (here), it’s time to celebrate every kind of music-maker. Welcome to The Music Lover’s Gift Guide! We’ve flipped through our 5,500+ products to highlight a mix of unique finds and fun suprises for the musical people people in your life.
We cover things like metronomes and tin whistles, to didgeridoos, world drums, ukes, musician busts and more! It’s no holes barred in this guide, sure to dig up some gift gold. Let’s get into it…
For music lovers who enjoy exploring new sounds, world and traditional instruments, this lot here make unforgettable gifts. Didgeridoos and clapsticks offer rich, earthy tones rooted in culture, while pan flutes, ocatinas and kalimbas provide gentle, melodic textures that are easy to learn and soothing to play (lets face it, we need soothing after the Christmas chaos). For rhythm-seekers, shamanic drums and djembes bring that vibrant, hands on energy (knock the Christmas party back a gear).
1. Didgeridoo (Australian) Hand-painted Eucalypt. Approx .9m-1m $350.00 | 2. Didgeridoo (Australian) Hand painted Eucalypt $410.00 | 3. Panpipes Bamboo Roumaines Curved 8 Note C (C-C) $119.00 | 4. Shamanic Drum – 20in x 6in Ply Shell w/Leather Skin $399.00 | 5. Djembe 10in x 17in (H) Rope Tuned $325.00 | 6. Djembe 12in. X 21in. (H) Rod Tuned-Black $480.00 | 7. Kalimba Thumb Piano- 17 Keys $110.00 | 8. Kalimba Thumb Piano- 8 Keys $79.00 | 9. Ocarina By Schwarz-Clay F $81.00 | 10. Ocarina By Schwarz-Clay G $77.00 | 11. Clap Sticks – Rounded Stick. Traditional Artwork. Approx 21cm $72.00 | 12. Clapstix – Flat. Dot Art – Aboriginal 22cm $72.00
Compact instruments with BIG personality, this selection ticks the box. A 6-string ukulele delivers a fuller, richer sound, while travel ukes and cigar box ukes are equal measures of portability and charm. Here’s something left of field: the Baby Harp. Elegant and sweet, fun little instrument to start your journey into the world of harps or to simply noodle around with. These are the tip of the iceberg, Paytons stock a full range of ukuleles and harps. Explore the full ranges here and here, or check out the highlights directly below!
1. Eddy Finn 6-String Tenor Uke EF-G6T $195.00 | 2. Eddy Finn Concert Uke – Travel-Uke TRVC $135.80 | 3. Eddy Finn Concert Uke – Spruce Cigar Box Uke $199.00 | 4. Baby Harp – 12 String Carved w/Bag $345.00
Simple, melodic and endlessly approachable. Recorders and Tin Whistles make fantastic gifts and not just because they fit comfortably in a stocking! Their clear, bright tones lend themselves to folk tunes, early music and casual playing. Affordable, joyful and easy to pick up, that gives them the big red and white Christmas tick of approval.
1. Linley Plastic Recorder-Tenor $185.00 | 2. Linley Plastic Recorder-Sopranino $19.95 | 3. Clarke Original Penny Whistle Black D $49.50 | 4. Generation Flageolet-Nickel G $20.50 and Generation Flageolet-Lacquer Bb $22.95 | 5. Feadog Irish Whistles $Various
Charming décor for desks or music rooms, and tools to stay in tune! Paytons stock a vast range of busts from 11cm right up to 40cm and metronomes of every description which you can explore here and here, or simple check out our picks below!
1. Limousine Adjustable Earplugs Knops Smooth $135.00 | 2. Linley Mechanical Metronome Pyramid with Bell $74.95 | 3. Linley Mechanical Metronome Classic with Bell $56.95 | 3. Beam Accessories MiniPro Rechargable Clip-on Tuner B-02 $39.95| 5. Bust 22cm-Crushed Marble Verdi and Beethoven $137.00 | 6. Beam Accessories Clip-on Metro/Tuner-Rechargeable B-01 $32.20