On the first day my kids and I played it for hours. My son is a musician so he checked to make sure it's was in tune. It was. The drum itself is beautiful and looks well made. After some ground rules I let my little girls play it. They are 10 and 5. The carrying case looks well made also. There was some extra pieces that came with it and no materials list, but I think they are for your fingers if you don't want to use the drumsticks. There was also a hard plastic thing that I think goes on the shoulder strap for the carrying case. It also comes with a book of music.The tone of the drum reminds me of wind chimes. I love wind chimes. The wind here destroys wind chimes. I don't have a music background, but that doesn't matter. It's impossible to make it sound bad. In my opinion.My daughter said "Whoever made this drum is a genius." I agree, it's brilliant.My brother bought this drum first after he did his research, he said it was a great drum. He was right.