Rosewood thumb piano, with solid spruce soundboard. There are 17 steel keys and two vibrato holes on the back. 5″ x 7″ The thumb piano originates in Africa. It is also known as the mbira or likembe. The metal keys are mounted on a wooden box that acts as the resonating chamber. To play, rest the thumb piano on the fingers of both hands and hold it between your palms. Cover the vibrato holes with your fingers. Then pluck the keys with your thumbs. As you play you can un-cover and cover the vibrato holes as you like. Many different tunings are acceptable, according to personal preference. Specific tuning of a thumb piano is only an issue when two instruments are played together; then they should generally agree in tuning. Otherwise, the tuning is subjective and should only be pleasing to the player. The longer keys have lower pitches and shorter keys have higher pitches. The keys can be adjusted by tapping them in or out to adjust their length, and therefore their pitch.
$ 37.99
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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This is a nice Thumb Piano and I like the ease of being able to tune it and the fact it has vibrato holes on the back of it as an added feature.
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Instrument is well made (in Pakistan) and the sound is fine. The instructions say to tune by loosening screws and moving the bars, which can’t be done the way it is set up. So I tuned it with a small cross peen hammer.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Nice, Cheap, Peaceful Kalimba,
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I bought this kalimba as my first and It’s a great product. When It first arrived, it was very out of tune, as to be expected, but when I ttied using a screwdriver to adjust it, I found the screws behind the tines were bolted so tight as to hardly be able to tune it. I eventually fought through and got it tuned although it was quite a pain as I couldn’t figure out how to untighten the screws. This is still a great, peaceful-sounding product and I would recommend it.
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