Purchased as a Christmas present for my Son.
In the flesh, the penguin is a highly detailed, textured, rubberised plastic figure.
Sadly, the pictures on the website do not illustrate how good it actually looks!
The penguin won't scratch anything that you care to place it on, it's rubberised plastic! Although I wouldn't advise leaving it directly on top of a piano for any length of time without a mat underneath, just in case it might interact with the finish!
It's highly stable thanks to those large orange feet & keeps his eye on you whilst practising or playing!
The tick/tock sound of the metronome is classic Wittner!
The weight, sorry bow tie :-) is easily adjusted.
The BPM scale is highly legible alongside text descriptions of the speed.
Highly recommended!