Thomann Fun 20 Harmonica

I bought this harmonica with the intention of giving it to my two year old son, but in the back of my mind i thought i could play around, and maybe record with it also. It's not very expensive, and i thought if it's not great it won't have broken the bank to try it out.

My two year old is enjoying using it. It is helping him getting better at pushing out the notes, and he also loves the sound of it.

As i have said in the title it's good for kids, but it has potential if you use your imagination, and by that i mean adults can have fun too.

I am not a harmonica player, and i know there are far greater harmonicas out there but for the price it's great value. I have played around with it and it's good fun. The tone is pretty good for a 'Fun harmonica'. I will definetley record with this in the near future, as i think the tone is the best thing going for the harmonica.

Now they are advertised with a Thomann logo, mine came without the logo on it.

I rate the response 2 stars as i feel a certain lag in the notes, like latency. Very minor, but present. Features, 3 stars ,as there are none to speak of. Sound 4 stars, as i was pleasantly suprised with the tone. Quality is ok, plastic,cheaply made in china. If you have a boisterous kid, or you yourself are not careful it will be liable to get damaged very easily because of the materials it is made up from. So that's something to think about. At this price i think i will order a couple more soon, just to stock up, i would suggest you do the same.
At 5 euros for two, with the potential learning, and fun you can get from them, it's worth the price..Just treat it like a beautiful woman...With Care..........

This isn't a professional-level instrument, but you should be able to guess that from the price being quite a bit less than a tenth of what you should pay for such an instrument.

Having said that, as an inexpensive gift, or perhaps a novelty at a dinner party, it does have some merit. It is a proper harmonica, and there are much worse harmonicas made for the toy market. For the price it does represent great value for money in this case.

The most serious problem is the windiness and lack of response (you'll need strong lungs to get a good tune), but this might be something of a blessing if you get it for a noisy child. Despite this you can get some convincing harmonica sounds out of it and even play a simple blues.

I would say it is also worth getting for someone who wants to try the harmonica, just to see if it for them, which is of course difficult in a shop because of hygiene concerns.

Just replace it please with something good and responsive like a Hohner Special 20 or Lee Oskar Major Diatonic as soon as possible if they take to it.