LingTing Kalimba 34 keys Thumb Piano Mbira Finger Piano Gift for Adult Beginners Professional（LT-K34V,snow whisperer)

Beautiful craftsmanship, with gorgeous purple heart wood and tines that are the same LingTing quality as ever, which is to say wonderful. The sound reminds me a bit of my acrylic kalimbas, but louder. Not as loud as a hollow bodied kalimba, but not too quiet either. I marked this as not for beginners, mostly because I feel like a beginner should get the basics of a kalimba down before stepping into a fully chromatic one like this. And it being fully chromatic is what drew me to this LingTing chromatic as opposed to the Seeds or Chill Angels kalimbas in the same price range, which have bass notes that take the place of the semitones above the bottom four notes. The downside: the layout of the double layer of tines makes it super fiddly to tune, which makes me glad it came pre-tuned and within acceptable range for each note. Good luck if you want it in something besides C Major/C# Major though. My video isn't the best quality in either visuals or sound, but hopefully it gives a better idea of what it sounds and plays like. All in all, I love this instrument and am getting used to the double layer of keys fairly easily after a couple of years playing. If LingTing ever comes out with a 42 key chromatic kalimba (21 keys plus the semitones above) using the same setup as this one, I will buy it in a heartbeat.

Beautiful Kalimba. Inexpensive for the great quality received. Easily portable thanks to the case included. Perfect for beginning and the sound is so beautiful and calming.

I got the 34 key which is the chromatic. You get your sharps and flats where you dont with the smaller instrument, giving you a wider selection of songs you can play or adapt. I have a smaller, hollow bodied 17 key that I enjoyed, and while the hollow body is louder, it also buzzes and vibrates more than this solid body. Still plenty loud enough! But without that terrible buzz. Also the highest keys dont make that ugly plonking. They actually ring. I did have to adjust slightly as the leftmost key was muted, but with a bit of trial and error I got it done. This does tune a bit differently from the hollow body ones you see more commonly. But there are instructions and even video links to help. Overall the sound quality is so much better with this instrument and the wood and construction are definitely worth the price.

This a beautiful well crafted instrument. It seems to me to have more space between the tines in comparison to the Lingting 21, which I returned because of that issue. The tone is bell-like crystal clear. The only issues I have with this Chromatic Linting is 1) the upper tines need to be removed to tune the lower tines. Hopefully this one will have the same ridges on the underside that help to keep it in tune. (I haven't checked that out yet. And 2) I wish it had bass notes. I guess I can tune it that way but if those ridges are on the underside of the tines that will be a tedious task. All in all a very fine instrument. I recommend it.

It plays like it looks, beautifully. Perfect tune out the box, good weight, solid tines, it's my goto kalimba and i have 7.

the case is nice and the instrument is well made and sounds as expected.... BUT!....very heavy wood, no way to tune the bottom row without taking the top tine out, useless stickers not very well readable, you will need to buy other sets. no tuning hammer comes with instrument, very small instructions with minimum information.

This is a very special kalimba! First, it is made out of Purple Heart wood (violet wood). It has the most amazing natural purple color to it. It is a dense wood, so produces fantastic sound and tone. The wood is very well finished. This kalimba is easy to hold. The tines are very smooth and easy on the thumbs. There are NO dead tines. Resonance is very good. Ling Ting kalimbas come with more accessories than others do. Really like that. Love this kalimba!

I bought this for the chromatic capabilities but ended up absolutely falling in love with the clear, ringing sound of each note! My other kalimba that I adored is now feeling neglected due to the fact that I cannot put this one down. It is not as loud as my other one that is hollow and has a hole in it. However, the amazon box it was delivered in makes a great amplifier. Also set it on any table or desk, and that will become an amazing amplifier adding to the already rich tones of the instrument. I highly recommend this instrument.

I am not a particularly Kalimba player but this is a very special piece since it is chromatically tuned (two rows of keys). One could play a lot more Melodies. Love it. Sadly ther is no tunning hammer included on the pack, though there is a place for that in the case.

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I bought this thing as my first Kalimba and when it arrived it was badly out of tune with some dead tines and buzzing. The screws are slightly smaller than the wrench provided at times and you really have to force it into the screw when trying to get to the lower set of tines. I think the biggest failing point is the screws. Most of the tines were extremely over tightened when I went to tune it. I had to use a lot of strength to get the screws loose. All of them. I think it being machine tightened damaged some of the tines as I can't get them to ring true at all. There was metal shavings and indents in the tines at the contact points. The damaged tines get -close- to being in tune but there are problems even getting close. The dead tines have no sustain. They buzz and that buzz can only be minimized and not eliminated. The lack of sustain and the slight buzz can be heard on any recording. The lack of sustain makes the tines have an... innate vibrato(?) Hard to describe it but it makes it very hard to tune. For example the D# tine will start off at D and go to D# for a bit then go to E then drop off to nothing. It is repeatable and I have tried it at all variations of tightness on the screw but I think the factory tightening damaged it too much. There are about 7 or 8 tines that all do it and have the dents on them and they all do the same thing. I'll try tuning it down a whole step across the board to get away from the indents but I don't have much hope for it.