We got our 3 year old daughter a lovely set of wind chimes (xylophone) for Christmas because she loves music so much and we love finding little instruments to play. On Christmas noon I googled "quietest bell hammers" and ended up buying them. We are all very happy and I'm sure our neighbors are too. The sound is still very pleasant, but I no longer worry about dogs in other states hearing my daughter play her bells, as I did with the wooden mallets that came with her bell set (which I otherwise liked ) is Lyon's 25th note ( G - G) A cased carillon for seekers.