KALIMBA
Living & breathing music box
What is a kalimba?
The kalimba, or thumb piano as it is also known, is a musical instrument that you won’t want to miss out on! It’s arguably one of the easiest instruments for beginners and pros alike and is ever growing in popularity!
The kalimba is a handheld musical instrument with metal tines that are plucked to produce sound.
Its body is often made from wood but other variants are also popular, such as acrylic.
When plucked, the kalimba tines produce a clear, bright, almost percussive tone. Often tuned to the C Major key, this combination gives the kalimba a very pleasant sound quality.
Look at the kalimba in more detail
Kalimb models
Celeste
The
Celeste Kalimba
has a flat design with a simple soundboard (without a sound box) that produces a crisp sound and has a seventeen-note range.
Treble
The
Treble Kalimba
has the same seventeen-note range, but it also has a soundbox that provides deep resonance to distinguish it from the Celeste Kalimba.
Alto
The
Alto Kalimba
features the same soundbox as the Treble Kalimba, but has a more limited fifteen-note range.
Coded by Daria Kapustenska
