Best Thumb Pianos
Mbira background: Material: [body: Solid KOA Wood] + [keys: Carbon Steel].
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I wish I could give this product more than five stars."
"Great sound and appears of high quality."
"Excellent sound, good volume, came in good tune (none too far off the note), light weight, fast shipment."
"It sounds nice and clear in a nice presentation."
"I got this for my boyfriend and he loved the hole."
"Plays wonderfully and beautifully crafted!"
"Beautiful."
"I used to play the harmonica and the piano, found them to be fun to play but obnoxious to everyone else late in the evening."
Red cedar thumb piano, with solid spruce soundboard. To play, rest the thumb piano on the fingers of both hands and hold it between your palms. Specific tuning of a thumb piano is only an issue when two instruments are played together; then they should generally agree in tuning.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"If the metal keys were better quality, I would give this instrument a better review."
"Our daughter is very much enjoying this."
"Although it didn't come tuned, with some pliers and a good musical ear it's easy to set up in almost any key you'd like."
"It is a good item but not knowing much about thumb pianos I would have to say the tuning is a bit of a pain and the high notes do not resonate very well."
"Unfortunately, the two screws that hold the key bar down were turned so tightly by the manufacturer that the slots on the screw heads began to strip before I could get them loosened."
"The one problem I have is the keys are made of, I guess, a plated metal, which flakes when I play, so that I end up with what looks like glitter on my clothes and my hands."
"Great deal.. had to tune it to what the paper says that comes with the purchase, took time but worth it."
"Quick note on tuning: The tension bar does not loosen, however the easiest way I've found to tune it is by using a wooden dowel rod to push the tines longer or shorter."
Handle the instrument carefully, dropping or bumping the instrument may cause the metal keys to shift and get out of tune. Playing piano will be more smoothly.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"A little song book included made the musician sound good from the beginning."
"I bought this for my wife, who is a piano player."
"My wife loves this thing."
"I placed it in the break room at work and every day someone picks it up and plinks out a tune."
"Beautiful quality, and sound."
"Beautiful tone, quality made, lightweight, a fun original instrument."
"This has a beautiful sound."
"Smooth wood and hardy metal."
Best Harmoniums
--The Mugig 10 hole diatonic harmonica in the key of. C that is ideal for students and it is the most. popular type of harmonica used today by far. Well made, good quality, sleek and sounds great.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I'm nervous I may change my opinion in the future, because a lot of the reviews have me nervous the lower note holes might stop working."
"I purchased this product because myself am a musician and I always wanted to try different musical instrument, and I thought harmonica might be an affordable choice and shouldn't be too hard to learn."
"[10:44 AM, 2/3/2018] Adam Bouskila: -Works great, and can’t see a product with quality this great at this price."
"The number one item on my kiddos Christmas list (so random!)."
"Cute little harmonica with a solid compacted case."
"My special needs daughter plays this day and night - night and day.....sighs."
"Beautiful and well made."
"Nice Harmonica."
Best Accordions
Style: Accordion. This is a great way for a child to start to learn the accordion in a simple and easy way. Sounds and feels like the real thing.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"The quality of this piano horn is awesome, I don't see this breaking for a very long time."
"Fine quality; it's definitely an "instrument" and not a "toy"."
"The quality seems to be ok but I don't see it lasting too long with 7 year olds taking it from home to school everyday."
"I expect it is like hearing a new violinist learning to play, eventually you know they could be good enough to play a concerto, but for now your ears are just hurt and are confused."
"The only thing is that these colored balls inside it, not sure what is the purpose, but the kids always want to rip it a part get the balls out!"
"These hand bells sound wonderful and they are beautiful to look at with their bright colors. With older children it would be quite possible to form an ensemble and have four to eight children sound the bells to make melodies."
"But, the bottom flared piece falls off and it won't play without that being attached."
"The one I received had no markings on it to indicate that it was truly a Schylling accordion."
Best Melodicas
The melodica is a fascinating wind instrument, easy to learn and powerfully expressive. Range of over two and one half full octaves for soprano or alto.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Great product and fair price."
"I don’t know anything about Melodicas butting it made my young adult son really happy."
"I bought this on a whim because my friends and I were joking about incorporating this into our music to make it more fun."
"worth the price, really good quality."
"Sounds good?"
"Very nice case, very well made sounds great!"
Best Concertinas
Specifications: Material: Red Pine. Color: Red/ Green/ Blue/ Dark Blue(Optional). Item Size: Approx. Anglo-style concertina accordion.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"It's a great buy for introductory concertina and the value slightly exceeds the price, I would recommend it, keeping in mind that it only has one accidental (F# 3 8va)."
"The two scenarios I believe this instrument should be purchased are: if you aren't sure that you'll like playing the concertina and want to try it out, or if you just want something to squeeze and goof around with your friends. I bought this, played it for a week and decided I liked playing the concertina enough to upgrade to a brand a few hundred dollars more expensive."
"The sound is clear and loud, it's fairly easy to play, maybe the tuning's not perfect but it's no worse than what you'd get out of a Sears Catalog a century ago which adds to its charm."
"Very nice."
"Well made."
"Product is very good."
"Beautiful, well-crafted, good sound, and perfect size."
"Within 24 hours of receiving my concertina I had one button than all of a sudden stopped producing it's note, and both of the CHEAP fake leather straps broke on either end."