Smart Kalimba with APP Tuning Hammer Thumb Piano 17 Keys Portable Finger Easy-to-Learn Musical Instrument Beginner Kids Adult Christmas Gift (Claret Red)

Good sound quality and easy to play.

Cute little instrument. I bought it for my son. He uses it has a pass time. Sounds very pretty. We printed out some song notes from the computer. The booklet that tells you how to download the app, wasn't going no where, we aren't unable to access the app.

Fun little instrument.

* Go to YouTube* Search for creator: My Spring Lullaby* Look for their video called: Cupid - Fifty Fifty* Look in the author's video description.This will take you to the app from your app store. The instructions that come with the piano will have a username and password. Enter it.This little piano is beautiful! Even though I'm terrible at it, it still sounds beautiful.

I love this thing. I got it for my son, but I think I have been enjoying much much more than him! Even if you don’t want to learn to play actual songs, it’s just nice to sit around and strum when you’re watching tv or have time to kill. There is an app that you can download for it, so you can mount your phone and learn to play songs. It’s kind of like Guitar Hero, where the notes “flow” toward the kalimba and you strum them as they reach you. The app has a button to click to switch the language to English, but some of the options still don’t translate. This does not hinder you in any way from using it though. I used the menu for kids songs, and was happy to see some easy favorites like “You are my Sunshine”, “Mary had a little lamb”, and “Twinkle Twinkle little star” just to name a few.The construction of this kalimba is solid. It’s a good quality instrument that will last a long time. It has instructions for how to go about tuning it, but there are a variety of apps out there you can use if you don’t like what the manufacturers recommend. If you don’t like the app they supply with it, there are other kalimba apps out there that work just as well.Very good and FUN product. Highly recommend.

This is a very simple design with a phone holder attachment. Nothing unique about it. Sounds great and feel in hands. Wish it's more eye apeel with engraved designs. The only thing that I have a problem with is that when the phone is attached, the weight is top heavy and trying to play while holding in an angle is a little challenging for a period of time plus the app they suggested to play with the instrument is unusable. Don't understand a thing.

Okay, so this musical gadget has always interested me. My friend had one as a youth that I played around with... not well, but not horribly. So, when I saw this, I decided to give it another try. I have many relatives and friends that are musically talented, including my Hubby (drums), so yea... I tinkered with a piano when younger, but my fingers are short and not ideal. A thumb piano seems a better fit. The wood is put together well and sturdy, as are the metal keys. Overall, well-made. It comes with everything shown in the description and the attached photos... all are well-made, though the plastic phone holder could be of a better quality. I played around with it, just making stuff up and it was fun. I'm glad there's an app, and the ability to hook it up to my phone to follow along. I'm making tiny steps, but so far, I'm enjoying learning a new interest. My hands are arthritic so slow and easy is the way to go. I plan on keeping it, perhaps getting good at it, but if not, I've got a ton of nephews and nieces that would love it. Time will tell.

The kalimba may be the perfect instrument for those of us who love music but don’t have any real musical talent. I had never even heard of one before, but being someone who has an elementary knowledge of piano, I figured why not?The kalimba is a thumb piano that originates from Africa. It has a wooden body with a series of metal tines that are plucked with the thumbs to produce different notes. The kalimba’s unique sound can be very soothing and calming. In the hands of an excited elementary aged child it can be maddening. But at least it’s not that loud?I recently got my hands- and thumbs!- on a kalimba, and I have to say, it's pretty cool. Without too much effort, you can even learn to pick out some almost recognizable tunes.It’s small, it’s portable, and it sounds really cool. Just expect to have to go online for a little more training and instruction than what arrives with the instrument. The accompanying songbook is tricky because it is filled with songs I just don’t know. They have titles that might make you think they are American standards, but they aren’t. It isn’t hard though to find very simple songs to learn to play online. I have not yet downloaded the app that is mentioned in the product description since I don’t see the name of the app mentioned anywhere and having to email the company for a code feels like a small annoyance that I will put off for another day. When that day comes though, I feel like the attached phone holder will be handy. I like that when I am not using it, it can be easily removed and does not seem to affect the appearance of the kalimba at all. The weight of the bracket and phone does make it a little difficult to hold the instrument so the faster you can learn to play without the attachment, the happier you will probably be.I like to practice my kalimba during really boring zoom meetings because I can hide the small instrument easily out of range of the camera. It is a relaxing, melodic sound that covers up the unending drone of meetings that could have been an email. FInd your zen, friends.