June 7, 2025

My personal kalimba collection is a bit excessive. I have five different Hugh Tracey box pentatonic kalimbas, all in different tunings. Why? Because they are fun, easy-to-play instruments that I love to play, and I love to put them in other people’s hands and watching them cut loose as I play guitar to back them up. But “Kalimba Magic the Business” (as opposed to “me and my personal collection”) still has two more Hugh Tracey box pentatonic kalimbas. We sold out of the box pentatonics with Pickup many months ago, sorry. And as African Musical Instruments (AMI) no longer makes kalimbas, these two will be among the last Hugh Tracey