I really have to start paying more attention to these reviews. Every time I've received a substandard product, I find it reviewed as such later. This is not a bongo drum. I don't know what it is, but it's not that. The sound it makes is exactly like putting a piece of cardboard over a cylinder. Or an old coffee can. It's absolute rubbish. Bongo's have such a distinctive sound, they're musical; this is not. I returned this and bought Remo RHYTHM CLUB, Bongos, 5/6 Diameters, Rhythm Kids Graphics for just a few bucks more, and could not be happier.