I have no idea what it is about this toy, but he went from screaming to quietly staring IMMEDIATELY.
Omg that thing is baby crack, I swear. E LOVED that thing. Actually, still does. He found it somewhere this past weekend and has been playing with it nonstop (although it barely works). As for noisy baby toys, I found it to be one of the less annoying ones, maybe because it's classical music?
I said the same to DH. It's not just nonsense noise and random chipper made up music, so it's so much better.