34 Key Chromatic Kalimba Thumb Piano - Double Layer Flat Board Black Walnut Musical Instrument | Perfect Gift for Kids, Adults, Beginners & Professionals | Ideal for Relaxation, Music Therapy & Home Decor

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!