Quality drum! Got this for my year old boy for Christmas and he loves to bang it. The quality of sound or tone or whatever musicians call it, is wonderful and deep (?)! I don't know, I just know my husband who is a drummer is impressed with the sound and the quality and my little guy loves it. Also? This drum can take a beating (literally and figuratively)! It's held up to my rough boy who has thrown it, stood on it and used it as a chair. :-)