East top 16 Holes 64 Tones Chromatic Harmonica Key of C with Brass Comb, Chromatic Mouth Organ Harmonica For Adults, Professionals and Students(BRASS COMB)

I have been a Professional Chromatic Harmonica Player for more than 20 years .....so I know lots of chromatics from all major brands. However : this harmonica is amazing in response - out of the box it is the best quality you can imagine........airtight and very rich in sound .... I really love it !!

Short review - amazing musical instrument straight from the manufacturer. Buy it now and enjoy it. Slightly longer review - First off, there are a ton of reviews of Easttop harmonicas online. They have all been excellent and this is going to be no exception to that general rule. If you have any doubts, search online for "Easttop chromatic harmonica review". Several recognized and well known harmonica experts all recommend the Easttop, in particular the brass comb version, which is more expensive. I opted for the ABS, for two reasons, it was cheaper and most people said it was as good as a Suzuki Sirius harmonica. That's good enough for me, for now. I am not a professional player though I think this harmonica is good enough for a professional. The manufacturer is very responsive to emails and the shipping was incredibly fast. Packaging was excellent and the harmonica got here in a little over a week with zero damage. The build quality of the harmonica is amazing, very airtight, and everything goes together very smoothly. Slide was buttery smooth out of the box. Even with all of the reviews, playing it was a surprise. Normally, you warm a Chromatic for 10 minutes or so and then play. I wanted to try it cold just to see how it played. FINALLY I could at least play individual notes that sounded like some of the people on Youtube. Every hole had perfect blow and draw, slide in or out, even the normally "difficult" holes. I have since done the standard warming of the harmonica and it plays even better. Very smooth, easy to play. I have a few other Chromatics including a Swan 1664. I was hoping this would be an upgrade over the Swan, it's my best harmonica. Much easier to play than even a diatonic, including my Golden Melody which has been old faithful for years. Short answer, buy this Harmonica, you will not regret it. Long answer - see the short answer. It's that good of an instrument and a huge bargain. I will buy the brass 1664 and post a longer review of that one when I get it. I will edit this review in the upcoming months. I just got it yesterday and I am still blown away. Very impressive engineering and a joy to play. If you go to Youtube and look for "Aiden and Evelyn" or search for "chromatic harmonica just the way you are". I don't play nearly as well as they do (not even close) but, I think the Easttop ABS comb is capable of sounding pretty close to their $3,000 USD harmonicas. The brass comb version is supposed to be on par with their harmonicas. I cannot recommend this highly enough.

I have been playing since I was 5 years old and doingit profeshinly now for 78.years.it plays very well and the tone is great.

This review is for the East Top 16-Hole chromatic harmonica in key of C (T16-64-BK). I purchased the black model with the gold comb, and with the design and feel of it, it looks and feels great. I have to say overall I really like this chromatic. Out of the box it did have two dead holes, but like any other harmonica, it's simple to pop a few screws and tweak the reeds in under 3 minutes. Other than that, it sounds great, and the slider is nice and reactive and quiet. I have never played a 16-hole chromatic, and the 4 lower octave holes really add some nice options on what you can do and how you want to sound. The lower octave sounds very good, very jazzy. The only real drawback is how sharp some of the edges on the back of the harmonica are, where the acoustic plates open up. You literally can slice your fingers open if you're holding it a certain way. This is something I might try to sand down at some point. All in all, for this price, this is a very competent product from East Top. This is my 2nd East Top purchase, and so far I am very pleased with their workmanship and quality at a more affordable price.

Many of the reeds didn't sound. Very inconsistent tone across the range of the instrument. Pretty much unusable. I returned it.

great fun to play definitely not for beginners beautiful sound and quality

I am 76 years old. I started playing harmonica at the age of 11. I have the Super Chromonica64, the CBH 2016 BY Hohner, the Tombo S-50, the Swan Pro 1664 and now the Easttop 1664. I was really looking forward to the Easttop from the reviews. I read that it needed warming up prior to playing so, gave it about 10 minutes going up and down the scale. So far, it is hard to blow clear notes. This is both from a soft start and a hard blowing start. It bodes not well thus far and is disappointing. Tonal quality is okay but not for the nearly $160. I paid for it. Will play some more and report later. 3/21/2019: This harmonica after several hours of playing, takes a lot of breath energy to play, the reeds seem stiff, lower register particularly challenging as unless you apply the correct breath pressure you either freeze the reed or bend the tone. For the price paid it is a bummer. Under impressed. Reeds are starting to loosen up but it is still an effort to play. It is not close to being my "go to" harp, may never ever be.

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