April 29, 2018

This simple trick will get your deluxe (goatskin) sansula sounding great again   Along with the Sansula’s beautiful sound and mind-blowing special effects – that is, the deep wah-wah tonal modulation you can get by lifting and lowering the resonant frame onto a flat surface – there are some drawbacks among the different types of Sansula. They can be a bit finicky but are definitely worth having and playing. Knowing how to keep them at their best is easy. The Standard Sansula (which Kalimba Magic no longer carries) sounds good but has the considerable flaw that, when the instrument is dropped from a height of 1 meter or more, its

Pickups are now available on nearly all Hokemas The kalimba has always been a cool instrument. Different. Ethnic. New Age. Ancient. And just plain fun. But throw in an electronic pickup, and you can take the kalimba to a whole new level of FUN. It is a cliche, but the Germans do build things very well – smooth, precise, shiny… and now great sounding pickups for Hokema’s beautiful kalimbas. Thank you, Peter Hokema! The B7 Electro Hokema Kalimba Elektro The B7 has the lowest notes Kalimba Magic sells. The sound file below is recorded with a low D (low E is usually the lowest note on it). The wide tines