I feel the whistle is out of tune the whole time. The pennywhistle looks nice, and it feels nice when you play it, however.. i cannot really play this one well because it just does not sound good. II don't give it the worst overal rating because you can't argue for the price. But..in my opinion, its not usable. It always sound like you just started playing it... It however... is useful if you want to use it as a "bad" instrument. Which is, sometimes exactly what I want. So for me its not too un-useful in that respect, but don't expect beautiful melodies