Kmise Chromatic Harmonica French Harp Mouth Organ Phosphor Bronze Key of C 10 Holes 40 Tone with Case

I bought this as an inexpensive backup, and it has actually become my favorite. Effortless, beautiful mellow tone for jazz/ballad music. Excellent ergonomics - the round holes and glass-smooth metal surface make this easy to play. The slide is very smooth.Costing less than it takes to have my Seidel serviced, this was only supposed to be a knock-about backup. Love the mellower, easier tones of the brass-phospor reeds, vs the stainless-steel Seidel. Seems to keep clean better, too - even after months of playing. Design, construction, materials all top notch.Amazing, and even more so when taking the comparative cost into consideration.

Long time blues diatonic player. Always wanted to try a Chromatic, but the price always seemed high for something I might never really use. This harp's quality, for the price, is amazing. Easy to play. Nice sound and it looks great. Even the case is nice.

The harmonica is very good for only a little money. It's easy to play and in tune. I'm not a beginner, but I don't have very much experience playing harmonica. I like this a lot and plan on practicing for several hours per day. If I find moisture gets to be a problem after extended playing, I'll just buy a second one to play while the other dries out.

I was in for a very nice surprise; I was looking at the various 10 hole chrome harps available, and wanted to get one of the Swan models for around 30 bucks (lots of vendors of the same or similar harps within a dollar) and in trying to save a few bucks, selected the Kmise-a brand I was unfamiliar with. 30 dollars for chromatic harp is almost a joke; I half-anticipated the thing to be junk and ordered it pretty much for the ten hole mouthpiece and covers. Within minutes of opening the box, I was certain I would NOT be using this for spare parts, I was amazed at the crisp, clear tone, the perfectly tensioned slide button, and the immediate responsiveness of the reeds. This is an outstanding instrument, and would satisfy many players who would spend 2 or 3 hundred bucks for something like this. Full disclosure; I am NOT a professional, not even an exceptionally talented dilettante, I only started chromatic harp 3 to 4 years ago, this is the 5th chrome harp I ever owned. The only reason I gave 4 out of 5 stars for sound quality was out of a sense wanting to give SOME direction, telling people everything's great just as useless as not saying anything at all. I JUST got it this afternoon, if it proves to be too good to be true and really IS better for reed cover plates I will make the necessary updates to this review. As of today though, I'm really psyched about this new chrome harp!

This baby is a big hunk of go-go! Pound for pound this harp has won its way to the top of the rotation. So large, it is like playing a banana! Has a good tone and in the hands of a skilled harpster, (not me) I think it will truly shine. It is worth this extremely low price, as just a paper weight, not even counting how much fun it is! Love this beauty!

Please don't get spellbound by the fancy product description and pictures they use to advertise the Kmise chromatic with the tapered covers (beige case model). The price is okay for what you get, but this harmonica is not what you would expect after reading the hype.The packaging was a ziplock bag over the harmonica case and shipped in a thin bubble envelope. I'm surprised thar it made it to my doorstep in one piece.As far as I can tell, it definately has not been gone over by a luthier, plus a luthier getting involved would not be cost effective. They would have no margin for profit at this price point. Come on Kmise... Really?I went through it myself. It seems to play okay. One or two reeds might need a slight gapping tweak, but only after I break it in a bit.Do not attempt disassembly/modifications/tuning unless you have some experience!The slide was rough and sticky which needed a good polishing.The covers were bent as though squeezed or sat on, although,it does appear to have not been previously used.I spent about a half an hour tweaking it to my satisfaction.I also had to modify the case. The cover was catching the liner on the hinge side. Trimmed a tad off the case lip. Now it works fine.I recently purchased an Eastar 24 hole tremelo at the same price and was very pleased with it. The quality, the case, the packaging was all much nicer. They also offer a chromatic at this price, but it didn't have tapered covers. Regardless of the cover style, I kind of wish I would have bought theirs instead.Now that I've tweaked this one, I'll keep it or maybe gift it out.I will say I was open to the possibility of encountering a few flaws at this price.After all, you usually get what you pay for. Right? But then, I'll say again that I was very pleased with the Eastar. Got more than I expected in that case.

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Apart from that, it is a lovely little chromatic harmonica. I'm so sad about the tuning of holes 9 and 10. I'm used to solo tuning, and I thought this would be solo tuned like other chromatics. I suppose I can use it for songs that don't go above high C, But I would get really confused by the tuning on holes 9 and 10. I don't want to try to get used to this tuning because then I will be confused when I use my other chromatics.I suppose it was done this way so you could include a high G. But for me it is a deal breaker. It would be like changing the notes on a key board and trying to get used to that.