MOOZICA 21 Keys Solid Koa Kalimba, Single Solid Wood Board Professional Kalimba Thumb Piano Marimba with Learning Instruction and High Performance Carrying Case (Acacia Koa, 21-Key)

La qualité du son est excellente et est facile a accorder avec la bonne application. Les note resonne longtemp, beaucoup plus que sur mon beaver creek a corp creux. La finition est égaleme excellente. Le bois est vernis et lisse en main, les contour arondie ajoute un certain confort.

Beautiful instrument. I gave it to my sister for her 30th and we were both so impressed with the quality, the sound and how pretty it is. I would proudly gift this again.

Love it! This is my third Moozica kalimba. The other two have sound boxes. This one without a sound box is slightly quieter than those, so I play it in locations where I don’t want to make too much noise—like at work during my breaks or while I’m pondering. I’m not even an amateur musician. I just make stuff up for fun or to get mellow—lots of made up complex repetitions usually. 21 keys is a must. I definitely want those four lower notes. I gave away one 17 key kalimba I had, but I still have another one from a different brand that I changed from a C to a G tuning. At the moment, Moozica seems to be producing only a couple types of kalimbas. They make excellent kalimbas and I hope they get back to a wider assortment. The touch and feel of their kalimbas is wonderful. Very nice wood finish and great tines. The Koa Acacia is a beautiful wood. I made my attached video (at home) partly to show the difference in volume between this solid wood kalimba and one of my Moozica sound box kalimbas. I’ve had the other kalimba for years (and haven’t been taking proper care of the tines!). Moozica doesn’t make that one with the sound hole on the bottom anymore, unfortunately. It’s actually my favorite kalimba. I play it at home every day. I get so much pleasure from plucking away in my own musical arrangements.

El material y diseño de esta Kalimba son preciosos, suena muy bonito y llegó en perfectas condiciones.

I've owned several kalimbas, including (but not limited to) a black walnut 21 key Lingting, the black walnut 21 key Hluru, and the hollow 21 key Moozica with the hole at the bottom. These are all quality kalimbas, but this MOOZICA 21 Keys Solid Koa Kalimba is my favorite 21 key Kalimba. In fact, since buying it, I've given the others away. Except for the Lingting - that one is still waiting for a good home. All of these kalimbas produce beautiful tones, so for me, it came down to comfort and aesthetics. My Lingting is an attractive instrument with dark, matte wood, and it produces beautiful sound, but it has a thick, heavy body with sharp edges. It won't cut you, but I don't like the feel of it in my hands. The edges of the body should have been softened more. The tines are comfortable to pluck, but not engraved. I really prefer when kalimbas are engraved with both letters and numbers. The Hluru is comfortable to hold and has superior sustain on the high notes, but while I wouldn't call it UGLY, I don't find it especially appealing visually. The biggest problem for me, with this kalimba, is that the tines are excessively curved. The curvatures are not uniform, and some of the tines are unevenly bent. In practice, this means that some of the tines are slightly longer or shorter than they should be, and although the kalimba is properly tuned, having the length of the tines being off even slightly trips me up while playing. The hollow Moozica is much larger and thicker than the others. I thought, with it being hollow, it would be lighter weight than the flatboards, but although I haven't actually weighed it, it feels heavier and blocky. The wood is beautiful, and it is very sturdy, but its size and weight make it tiring to hold because I have very small hands. On low notes it creates a wonderful "wah wah" effect when moved against the body while playing, but that isn't as noticeable on higher notes. In fact, some of the higher notes sound sort of muffled. Not stiff or dead - I think it is just the acoustics of the design, but I'm not wild about it. So overall, this flatboard Moozica is the winner. The sound is lovely. Its rounded bottom, gorgeous color, and high gloss finish make it a beautiful instrument. It feels the lightest, although that may just be due to how well it is balanced, and as the thinnest of my kalimbas, it is the easiest to hold. The tines are engraved with both letters and numbers, they are uniform and easy to pluck. The tines themselves are smooth on the top and sides, so glissandos are easy to play - they don't feel sharp like they sometimes do on cheaper kalimbas. I'm in love with this kalimba.