Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

My one issue is that tuning this kalimba with the provided tuning hammer made my husbands fingers bleed

Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

It is not easy to tune not impossible but hard to do and painful when you get cut trying to adjust the metal keys

Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

He learned about it in elementary school music class and thought it would be fun to learn to play it

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This was advertised as solid wood although i had my doubts from the beginning due simply to the presence of the butterfly design even the printed sticker on the box says solid wood not only the title of this amazon page

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That aside this is my first kalimba so im not sure what regularly passes for satisfactory in the kalimba market

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I for one was incredibly disappointed that the highest notes and especially the highest four notes are so dead sounding

Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

I dont mind that right out of the box this kalimba wasnt tuned at all whatsoever and the hammer provided must be put to immediate extensive use i only mind that even after tuning it perfectly it still falls short of the whole instrument even being musically viable

Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

Many people might say its good for the price or good for beginners but i personally would encourage beginners to seek intermediate quality instruments because bad tone and stiff tines with some sharp edges discourages practice