Tempi Mechanical Metronome For Musicians (Plastic Brown)

The colour is nothing like advertised and on that basis I will be returning it.

Fast service. Excellent product. Using the metronome daily with the practice chanter and piano.

The TEMPI Metronome is very well designed and constructed. Mechanically I have found it to work flawlessly and is a great assist to the CADENCE / TEMPO so important in reading and playing the music score. I would recommend this product for the aspiring musician who needs guidance in playing an instrument in the timing sequence specified. The speed and rhythm can be pre set – or quickly adjusted if the musician needs to slow or increase the pace.
The case of the TEMPI is wood grained plastic rather than wood. Most musicians would prefer the casing to be thin hardwood such as walnut, mahogany or cherry but the purchase price would probably double putting the cost out of reach for many customers. Fortunately TEMPI has great working relationships with the overseas manufacturer and is marketing a high quality product.

Nice. I bought this as I can still remember that distinctive tick-tock sound when I attended childhood piano lessons. This is a retro copy in plastic. I chose black as I didn’t think that wood effects would look so good. The sound is remarkably good and the visual clues given by the swinging pendulum are why it is this shape. A good buy and hoping it serves me well for a good number of years. If you want that truly authentic sound of a wooden box this is the nearest thing you will get at a quarter of the price.

As a professional musician spanning back into the 1990’s I was a self taught guitarist; that absorbed everything practicing up to 18 hours a day. The one thing in my favor was my internal metronome has always been very good. I decided to go back to college and they require a mechanical metronome; not digital. Where this metronome shines is not only do you hear it (if you want), and it’s adjustable based on the time signature. You also visualize it as the rod and weight obviously move back and forth. I’m going for my Masters degree in the arts, and I cannot stress enough to always play to a mechanical metronome. I’ve adjusted this Tempi metronome from way faster than anyone can play to so slow you’re going to cover any and all tempo’s you can possibly need. Remember you can always sub divide the tempo as well, that’s where the ease of adjusting the unit shines. It’s more than loud enough to be heard at any “practice” level. You can as I’ve said earlier adjust the tempo just by sliding the weight up or, down. The bell is a nice feature as it shows you the first beat or, heard it actually. You can change when the first beat is at with a simple push/pull slider on the right side of the unit, the mechanical winder is right there as well, before use always crank it up. I’ve let it run for hours without needing to rewind. My only complaint and I’m sure if I spent double the money I could get this unit made of real wood. I’m probably weird, but I’d love to see a wooden body over plastic made to look like mahogany. Overall though despite my only complaint about real wood versus plastic I still give it 5 stars and totally recommend it without reservation. Happy playing in time everyone !

Great success. This is my 3rd Metronome purchase, not because I’m accomplished musician but because I didn’t realize how much I’d need the first one, put it away and wasn’t able to locate it for awhile. My second was horribly disappointing. It was approx the same price as this one. I purchased it at the music store. It was the same style (wind-up rather than digital) but the workings, and particularly the winding stem, was a chrome coated plastic, and so weak that when I attempted to attach the winder to begin use I wasn’t able to line it up properly, tearing the tip of winder off and making it unusable. What a disaster! I didn’t have any of those problems with this well designed and well constructed metronome. I opened the box, noted the unusual packing which protected the internal working. I was able to get it in to use immediately and have enjoyed it’s well designed appearance. I thought I wanted a tradition style with a wood exterior. This is so well designed you wouldn’t know it wasn’t wood it you weren’t touching it. It looks great weather in use or not while sitting in my music area, and I kept the extra packaging to insure that if I move I will have a chance of getting it to my next home safely. Seems to be reliable in timing and in all other ways I’m happy with this purchase. Thank you.