TLDR: I find the tone of each key in isolation to be a little on the flat side, but the resonance while playing is out of this world. This kalimba has secured a niche for itself through a tight footprint and an S-tier sustain.My full thoughts -The Pros:- The reverberation on this kalimba can't be overstated. If I just ping a note/glissando, I will get generally 8-10 seconds of reverberation and sustain, which gives the kalimba overall a very 'full' sound as you play it. It's quite a lovely effect, and it's one of my more relaxing kalimbas to just chill and play slow and soft.- The kalimba feels quite narrow compared to my Hluru 34-key, which is my other regular-play kalimba. The body of it is very narrow and the keys are fairly tightly-spaced, which means it's substantially easier to do some cross-over chords on this kalimba versus my others. I appreciate that.- The wood on this is lovely. Probably my favorite kalimba I've got in terms of the feel and heft of the wood and the visible care with which it was constructed. Especially with the hollow-body, you can get a feel for how well it's built.- I actually quite like the layout. It seems like they've gone through and put some tangible thought into the layout of the kalimba. Duplicate keys are removed, and the placement of sharps has been adjusted a little bit from the "keep a sharp and natural together" concept to accommodate having more keys overall. That could also be a negative, since the positions are slightly different, but I find it's a good tradeoff.The cons:- My first and most-major complaint is that...I don't know how much I love the design of this kalimba. Since I got it, I've had a problem with a recurring metal buzzing on some keys, to the extent I took several out and attempted to clean them/see if I could polish that away. It helped a little, and playing the instrument a bit to settle everything in likewise helped a little, but I can still hear that buzzing a little bit on some songs. It's by far the most unpleasant thing about this kalimba, while it isn't bad enough to be a deal-breaker for me. Just enough to notice.- While I really like the 'full' effect of the kalimba when you're fully in a song, I find the tone of each individual key to be a little on the 'plunky' side. It's a little less of a quality tone when you don't have the sea of resonance to sort of mask the sound. I'm not shocked by this, given that it's a hollow board instead of a flatboard, but it was enough for me to notice it. I'm not mad at it, it's just not as nice in that aspect. I do find that if you play a little more gentle on this kalimba, both this and the buzzing are less of an issue.- Purely on a personal level, I do find I miss having the high-register F in the upper keys. I entirely understand that having a high-register C# is also important, but for me I think I run into songs that want the F more, and I might tune that one special. Which, I'll note, is a benefit of these keys not being engraved with any indicator of note.- I've seen other users have difficulty with the extreme resonance of this kalimba causing the song to become muddy; while I personally enjoy this sound, I could see it being a problem for some and I think it could be a concern for those players. I think this kalimba takes a little bit of playing with confidence/knowing where you're going, as it is definitely less crisp than some once you have a sea of other notes floating around you, but if you plow onward through that it can be a very satisfying sound.Glad to have it in my collection, and I do think this one will get regularly used!

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I was quite surprised by the quality of this kalimba. There were no dead.keys and the notes just resonates. The width I think would be good for those with smaller hands. It also came with 2 cases! I'm going to give be to my father since this one is 41 notes.

Buying an oddball instrument like an allegedly chromatic kalimba off the internet, sight unseen, is always something of a risky proposition. This instrument was a bit of a nice surprise, but a few small changes would make it a much better instrument.The pros:* Nicely made: smooth polished wood; bright, shiny plated tines* (Some) Chromatic pitches available* (Some) tines are labeled (numbered)* (Mostly) standard layout makes it fairly easy to learn the basics* Sweet tone* Nice, solid hand-feel* Comes with case(es)* and accessories, including a tuning hammerThe cons:* The instrument is not fully chromatic; chromatic pitches aren't available for the lowest octave* Layout of the accidentals is non-standard; basically for every lower tine from the 2nd octave up, the upper tine is the sharp of that note -- even when it's an enharmonic like B# or E#. This takes some getting used to.* The lower diatonic tines are numbered, but oddly, the upper chromatic tines are not. Considering it's the chromatic tines that make the instrument non-standard, /those/ are the ones you really need numbered or at least identified in some visual way. Numbers on the lower tines are unnecessary -- they're set in a standard diatonic treble kalimba configuration.* This instrument is unresonated. Instead of a hollow resonating box, the tines are attached to a piece of solid wood, so the sound is VERY quiet, indeed. This is a major drawback for me -- so much so that I may build a resonating box and transfer the tine assembly from this instrument to it, so I can actually HEAR what I'm playing.One strange thing is that the instrument came with /two/ cases. a small, form-fitting case held the actual kalimba, and that was inside another form-fitting case which held the kalimba and the first case. Not complaining about this; it just seemed . . . odd.Anyway, this could be a great instrument if a few things were changed:1) Mount the tines on a resonating box, instead of a solid board, to give it some volume2) Number (or better yet, put the *pitch names*) on ALL of the tines; not just the diatonic notes.3) Maybe make the layout more similar to a keyboard (sharps & flats /between/ appropriate diatonic pitches) and leave out the enharmonic duplicates.4) Perhaps make it fully chromatic.I'd say if they did #1 and #2, it would be a 5-star instrument. #3 and #4 would be icing on the cake.Bottom line:All things considered, though, I felt it was a worthwhile purchase, and it certainly couldn't hurt to try it out.

Love it, and upgraded to a 41 tine. Can't go wrong with Seeds.

I think it’s not genuine product not happy

Beautifully crafter Kalimba! The sound is marvelous. Very happy with it.

Elle est belle, mais ca s'arrête la, les touches *34 lames) sont difficilles a bien faire sonner et les aigus peu ou pas de son. Je ne racheterai pas Seeds.