East top 16 Holes 64 Tones Chromatic Harmonica Key of C, Chromatic Mouth Organ Harmonica For Adults, Professionals and Students (BK)

Short review - amazing musical instrument straight from the manufacturer. Buy it now and enjoy it. Slightly longer review - First off, there are a ton of reviews of Easttop harmonicas online. They have all been excellent and this is going to be no exception to that general rule. If you have any doubts, search online for "Easttop chromatic harmonica review". Several recognized and well known harmonica experts all recommend the Easttop, in particular the brass comb version, which is more expensive. I opted for the ABS, for two reasons, it was cheaper and most people said it was as good as a Suzuki Sirius harmonica. That's good enough for me, for now. I am not a professional player though I think this harmonica is good enough for a professional. The manufacturer is very responsive to emails and the shipping was incredibly fast. Packaging was excellent and the harmonica got here in a little over a week with zero damage. The build quality of the harmonica is amazing, very airtight, and everything goes together very smoothly. Slide was buttery smooth out of the box. Even with all of the reviews, playing it was a surprise. Normally, you warm a Chromatic for 10 minutes or so and then play. I wanted to try it cold just to see how it played. FINALLY I could at least play individual notes that sounded like some of the people on Youtube. Every hole had perfect blow and draw, slide in or out, even the normally "difficult" holes. I have since done the standard warming of the harmonica and it plays even better. Very smooth, easy to play. I have a few other Chromatics including a Swan 1664. I was hoping this would be an upgrade over the Swan, it's my best harmonica. Much easier to play than even a diatonic, including my Golden Melody which has been old faithful for years. Short answer, buy this Harmonica, you will not regret it. Long answer - see the short answer. It's that good of an instrument and a huge bargain. I will buy the brass 1664 and post a longer review of that one when I get it. I will edit this review in the upcoming months. I just got it yesterday and I am still blown away. Very impressive engineering and a joy to play. If you go to Youtube and look for "Aiden and Evelyn" or search for "chromatic harmonica just the way you are". I don't play nearly as well as they do (not even close) but, I think the Easttop ABS comb is capable of sounding pretty close to their $3,000 USD harmonicas. The brass comb version is supposed to be on par with their harmonicas. I cannot recommend this highly enough.

great fun to play definitely not for beginners beautiful sound and quality

This review is for the East Top 16-Hole chromatic harmonica in key of C (T16-64-BK). I purchased the black model with the gold comb, and with the design and feel of it, it looks and feels great. I have to say overall I really like this chromatic. Out of the box it did have two dead holes, but like any other harmonica, it's simple to pop a few screws and tweak the reeds in under 3 minutes. Other than that, it sounds great, and the slider is nice and reactive and quiet. I have never played a 16-hole chromatic, and the 4 lower octave holes really add some nice options on what you can do and how you want to sound. The lower octave sounds very good, very jazzy. The only real drawback is how sharp some of the edges on the back of the harmonica are, where the acoustic plates open up. You literally can slice your fingers open if you're holding it a certain way. This is something I might try to sand down at some point. All in all, for this price, this is a very competent product from East Top. This is my 2nd East Top purchase, and so far I am very pleased with their workmanship and quality at a more affordable price.

Many of the reeds didn't sound. Very inconsistent tone across the range of the instrument. Pretty much unusable. I returned it.

The tone of this harmonica is pretty good. It seems to take a little more air to get a clear tone than with some other harps. There were a few mid-range notes that seemed too hard to play, and after soaking it in some water, a letter "E" decal came out of one of the holes! It must have been in there since assembly. Now it plays much better. All in all a good harp.

As noted in other reviews care needed to play right out of the box. Reeds needed warming. Longer then other harps. Was worried until I accidentally left my 16 hole chromatic in a car in the sun. Not recommending you do this but all the reeds in this harp work very well now. Great value. Attractive. Very responsive. Air tight. Easy playing. Not giving 5 stars (yet) because only time can tell me its durability. Will return to add a star or not with a re-review in a year or ... ?

I was really excited for this harmonica, but it quickly turned into a dream deferred. I have been playing for over twenty years, and I know quality harps well. I paid nearly 200 $ for this, and it came with the case broken, and there is way to much air leakage. I made a n unboxing that shows all of this, and then a video comparing my cx12. Enough said on that. If this was a $20 chromatic harmonica, I would be like oh well hard lesson learned. But, this is an almost $200 chromatic harMonica, and I should not have to receive it in such a condition that I did. Hopefully my unboxing video wIll loadup with Amazon soon, and you can see what I’m talking about. Overall, I wouldn’t buy anything else ET again. Just based on first impression and experience.

Was sent an obviously returned harmonica, returns policy aside, it is an extremely un-hygienic practice to sell returned harmonicas "as new". The harp has survived a vinegar and water soak, and a ultrasonic cleaning. But the possible health risks should be something Amazon protects it's customers from! I've got to say other than the shocking re-shipping policy, The instrument itself is a solid 4.5 stars.

Cromatische Harmonika SUPER

Bonne sonorité. Qualité-prix séduisant.

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Je ne vais pas vous mentir, je ne suis pas une Pro de musique. Aussi ai - je fait tester cet harmonica par mon filleul, musicien professionnel. East top est une marque réputée pour ses harmonicas. Professionnel il a 16 trous 64 tons en Do, ( selon mon filleul ) Le son est riche, très très bon. Cet harmonica chromatique comblera un professionnel, comme un débutant ( sérieusement motivé ) En effet l'instrument coute 160 euros !

Das war ein guter Versuch, aber mehr auch nicht! Die Rezension bezieht sich auf die EastTop T16-64, Tonart C Dur, schwarz mit goldfarbigem Mundstück. Optik: sehr gut, Verpackung: o.K., Klapp-Box: geht so, Haptik: gut, Schieber: gut, Schieberposition: schlecht, Mundstück: gut, Ansprache: unten leicht, oben 10 x so schwer, Klang: unten gut aber nach oben immer schriller. Rücksendegrund: Die Chrome war nur bis Loch 11 zu gebrauchen. (Loch 11 hat auf der Chrome die Bezeichnung 7). Löcher 12, 13, 14 und 15 waren nicht zu bespielen, weder mit gedrücktem Schieber, noch ungedrückt. Loch 13 ungedrückt geblasen, gab erst nach Anblasen und einem klackenden Geräusch (das Ventil) den Ton frei, allerdings entstanden da 2 verschiedene nacheinander, je nach Luftmenge. Die Schieberposition passt nicht zu den Mundstück-Löchern, siehe Fotos. Es ist halt schwierig, eine gute Mundharmonika zu erwerben, weil man ja nie eine wirklich vorher ausprobieren kann. Verführerisch ist es dann natürlich, ein günstiges Modell zu kaufen, um im Zweifelsfall den Schaden so gering wie möglich zu halten. Stunden des Lesens unddes Video-Rezensionen-Schauens machen die Sache auch nicht einfacher. Alles unter den Strich betrachtet, bekommt man eine dreiviertel Chrome für wenig Geld, der Rest ist eine Katastrophe. Ob ich noch einen zweiten Versuch mit EastTop wage, bezweifele ich. Da hätte die Endkontrolle im Werk sauberer arbeiten müssen, denn ich traue denen schon zu, gute Instrumente bauen zu können. Schade!