At present, there are many tongue drum products claiming to be made of carbon steel, but the quality varies.
How to distinguish and avoid buying inferior products?
Ok, leave it to me
The first is the material.
There are two kinds of ethereal drums: one is made of carbon steel and the other is made of iron.
So, how do you tell?
The easiest and most scientific method is to use magnets, so there is no need to say more about the operation, right?
Iron: hold firmly
Carbon steel material: smooth rolling
The second is to listen to the tone.
Let's listen to the difference between carbon steel and iron.
The tone of carbon steel material is very pleasant and melodious...
There is a feeling of being in the bamboo forest, sitting cross-legged and sipping tea.
Iron is very bad
There is noise, the ending is very long
It made me feel dizzy.
The carbon steel ethereal drums on the market are high-end musical instruments, all priced at more than US$160.
Remind every fan of ethereal drums, you must identify them carefully before buying.
Don't buy cheap carbon steel ethereal drums.
such a nice sound. all the tines resonate and the scalloped shape is comfortable and beautiful
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The case is a very good protector for the Kalimba.
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I'm very happy with the purchase. Service was very quick and easy. HLURU filled the order and shipped it right away! The rosewood board is beautiful. It arrived in perfect condition. It will take me some time to learn however I look forward to a portable instrument which has a calming sound. Thank you very much for wonderful customer service and a beautiful product!
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HLURU 21 Key Hollow Kalimba Thumb Piano, Yellow Sandalwood Guibourtia Box Resonace Single Board Trepanning C Tone Kalimba Instrument
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The quality is almost excellent; one highest note is slightly buzzing but I know (in theory) how to fix that, no-one can avoid such issues and it is customer responsibility to tune instrument (including fixing buzz which may appear/disappear depending on weather/humidity).
Excellently polished smooth tines.
I only don't like pressed-in notes, ABCD etc, because I use few Kalimbas and I tune each one differently: Middle-Eastern, Harmonic Minor, Ukrainian, Major, and etc.; so it is nonsense for me to have ABCD on tines. TingLing brand doesn't have it. I use permanent markers to mark some tines instead of trying to find where E is and where G.
Otherwise, it is excellent; I also ordered few HLuru from third-parties at AliExpress, which arrived lover quality (messed-up untuned tines). Ordering directly from HLuru Shop is better.
The only Kalimbas which can compete with HLuru are some "acrylic" and some "ebony"; I have few kalimbas from Germany and Africa too.
Personally, Hugh Tracey "Alto" kalimba is wider and bigger for my hands, but I'd avoid making strong opinion about this, HLuru is easier for my short-cut nails.
Thank you HLuru, I hope you will improve your website so it will be easier to find your offerings, right now it is messy I didn't even know you have handpan stands from beech wood, almost impossible to find on your website.
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At the same time, thank you for your kind reminder to us, we have made a serious revision.
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