

What is the difference between Alto Kalimba, Treble Kalimba, 17-Note Kalimba in C?
In the beginning, there was the Hugh Tracey Treble Kalimba. That is true if you only go back to 1954, when Hugh Tracey started to make the 17-Note Treble Kalimba commercially. When I asked son Paul Tracey about it in 2005, he told me that the Alto kalimba was an afterthought, and that the true Hugh Tracey Kalimba was the 17-Note Treble. If you look at the tuning chart below, you will see that the Alto Kalimba actually has a much more logical note layout. In the key of G, it has G on the lowest note (longest tine), and also G on the highest note (shortest tine). It is