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Using Alaska Piks on Kalimba
If you don’t have much thumb nail, these inexpensive piks can help Click to go to Alaska Pik product page When I would teach large kalimba classes in the past, one of the supplies I had to bring with me was the Alaska Pik. If you have no thumb nails, plucking the kalimba’s metal tines can be painful. Eventually, novice players will either grow their thumb nails or develop calluses on the playing surface of their thumbs. Until then, or in emergencies, the Alaska pik can be a life saver! Ken Purcell, the inventor of Alaska piks, was vacationing in Alaska when he got the idea for his PVC guitar
January 6, 2019
