Happy Customers

I am new to the tongue drum and have really enjoyed the quality sound and craftsmanship of this drum.

After loving the 17 snare Lyre I decided to get the 31 snare version too. My first Kalyre was bought at a music store and I got this one directly through Hluru. I paid for fast shipping. That turned out to be not so fast(but may be the mail services fault, can’t check that). This model is quite heavy to hold. If that is an issue I can recommend to use a ukelele stand, which it fits perfectly and also gives you a good angle to play(see image). I have taken off one star, because the Kalyre arrived with completely overtuned snares; two snares immediately broke when I touched them. All of the snares were tuned at least 4 notes higher than their assigned notes. Please check this if you buy one too. Only one spare snare is shipped with the product, so I had to us another spare one from my other Lyre. I loosened all snares and then retuned the whole instrument. Now it is perfect and it holds it’s tuning very well and quick, compared to other snare instruments. This design is brillianty done and because of the chromatic tuning it will let you play a broad spectrum of music. So; big recommendation from me, but calculate some extra days for shipping and unpack extra careful, immediately check the tuning and give the snares some slack, if overtuned. Maybe Hluru can offer sets of spare snares or add a few more. I could not find them in your webstore.

I like my new drum! The scale is large enough to play a song but small enough for beginners like me. I really love the case it comes with too. It sounds different than I thought it would. Maybe the higher grade drums have a richer tone? I noticed that the low B on this drum vibrates a lot and it's a bit hard to hear the tone. I am very happy overall and if I want another tongue drum, I will be purchasing from you again in the future. Thankyou!

A very good handpan for the price. very nice warm sound and the instrument is very easy to play!

This is a wonderful little harpika. It is quite heavy, but that makes it’s sound so much more beautiful than in hollow harpika models. Tuning is not too complicated, you just have to repeat it during the first week and then it will hold up fine. I am taking off one star, because the metal rings at the bottom started to deteriorate, after a while. I have added pictures, so you can see what I mean. When you buy the harpika you get extra strings. Maybe the rings can be added too. Because I don’t know how the wood will hold up, in the long run. You can play this instrument with or without nails. It comes with picks and picktape. The picks are handy for tuning, but playing with them is not very practical. If you like playing the kalimba this harpika will be a beautiful addition to your practice. Compliments to the designer; I have now rdered a second one, with 31 strings and can’t wait to play it!

Did not know if I would like this lay out, but I love it! The kalimba is small and narrow and it is wonderful to hold. The sound is warm and relaxing. It plays like a 17 key kalimba, with the perks of a few extra often used notes. Smart thinking by the developer; well done!

If you want to buy one kalimba from the tree of life series, get this one. It is just such a wonderful instrument; the keys are very easy to play and the woodcraft and sound are just magical. It was the first one I bought from this series and now I am collecting the others too. Pieces of art to display, soft and warm to hold and play. Big recommendation!

This is the biggest kalimba in a beautiful series of tree of life walnut kalimbas. I own many kalimbas, but this is my favorite range. The keys are direct and supple and the sound is very beautiful. This biggest model is quite heavy, but that gives you a very long singing sound, while playing. The only thing I do not like are the stickers for the keys. They look quite cheap and plastic-like, but that is a minor detail. I can absolutely recommend these kalimbas. Love playing on them and they are a piece of artwork in my house.

Wonderful handpan with nice clear medatative sound. Very good comunication. Sound test was sended in advance. Thank you.

First time I bought this, I received 24 key kalimba (in terms of quality it's amazing), but after long back and fourth with support, I received finally a 34 keys kalimba. And it's also great.

Really nice sounding kalimba 10/10 would buy again.

I was surprised by the good quality and tone of this tiny drum, as I wasn’t expecting a lot at this price. It’s a nice tone but sounds much better with a softer mallet. The mallets sent with the drum were hard and sounded very tinny. I used a felt mallet and it improves the sound considerably. Perhaps you would consider selling the drum with softer mallets?

Still enjoying it after a few years now our grandson is taking it up

The item is high quality and has beautiful melodies. I am using it for relaxation and meditation. The sounds are soothing.

The package arrived secured. I really like the bag provided with the instrument. It is well-cushioned and comfortable to carry.
The instrument has a nice feel to the touch, it is made of quality materials. The sound quality is wonderful. I love playing it!

I like the sound, it's long and full of vibrations

I like the sound, it's full of

I searched for a reasonable, priced hand pan. This one looked great and it sounded great in the demo.
I got it in the mail with no problem, it does sound great! I am more used to the 8 note version but maybe the octave 9 note will be good. I got the hard shell travel bag, it looks indestructible, and comes with the soft bag. Superior craftsmanship at a fair price.

Had to make the video super short.

Custom Mountain Rain 22”
Steel Handpan Drum,
Celtic Scale D Minor,
440 hz
Gold swirl

When I first saw the HLURU K21 Kalimba, I wasn't so interested in it, becaused it seemed "too pretty" in order to be a good instrument. It seemed like some of those beautiful acrylic kalimbas which habe pictures of anime girls imprinted but end um having dead tines and so on. I thought this one would also into this style over substance category.
Was I wrong.

The K21 sounds really good. Each tine has sustain, none of them sound dull or dead. What I like particularly on this instrument is the compact shape of the body. It is more round, feels good and allows best access to the tines from all angles.
Like the HLURU K17 Flatboard it presents attributes of wooden kalimbas as the light weight but the sound has some resemblance of acrylic kalimbas as well.
It has a little weaker resonance which makes it sound not so powerful like wooden kalimbas but more sweet and delicate.
The tines are quite thin and easy to tune - unfortunately they also untune themselves a little easier, but that's not so much of a problem.

The only real downside I found was that the four lowest tines underneath the C have a strong overtones. So strong in fact that my tuning app couldn't recognize the actual undertone of the tine itself.
However, I found a way to fix this issue: I put long tine stickers onto those tines. These stickers are usually too thick and heavy and influence the resonance of the tines very strongly. In that case however it was exactly what I needed. The overtones were canceled out. It sounds lovely now.

PS.: Oh, and the instrument body looks cool as well. ;-)

I searched for a reasonable, priced hand pan. This one looked great and it sounded great in the demo.
I got it in the mail with no problem, it does sound great! I am more used to the 8 note version but maybe the octave 9 note will be good. I got the hard shell travel bag, it looks indestructible, and comes with the soft bag. Superior craftsmanship at a fair price.

The harp itself is wonderful, sounds great, 5 stars. If you haven't had a string instrument before then don't panic if it keeps going out of tune to begin with. I had to tune mine at least once a day to start with but after 2 weeks it's holding its tune well. The service could have been better. I paid for the fast delivery but it took 4 weeks. It was a spring holiday so no one was working for a couple of weeks then the one I ordered was out of stock but no one let me know about either of these. If you contact them they are quick to reply and are helpful but it would have been nice for them to let me know to avoid delays. Very happy with my beautiful harp now it's here.

The sound is a beautiful middle ground between wooden and acrylic kalimba. It's a little bit quieter than usual solid wooden kalimba but the sound is sweeter, more like the acrylic ones. A little less volumous resonance.
The tines are strongly curved and easy to play, also a very lightweight instrument. Not a single tine sounds dull or dead.
Overall a gorgeous instrument.

Cet instrument est très joli et résonne très bien. En plus livré avec une housse de protection de transport, plus un pied pour le poser ! Livraison rapide et emballage parfait ! Je suis très contente.

I rlly liked it :)

Nice drum. Thank you

Super nice design on my drum. Sound are good. Thank you !