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    • Kalimba

    also called thumb piano, metal tongues on a resonance body

    Kalimba

    Kalimba or also called a thumb piano. Typical African accompanying instrument, the sansula is a special version.

    Kalimba or Mbira are African names, in German it is called a thumb piano.
    Metal tongues are attached to a hollow resonance body, swinging freely. The kalimba is held between both hands and the thumbs can pluck the tongues. Depending on the length of the tongue, a different tone is created.
    The body can be a wooden box, a coconut or a gourd.
    A special kalimba is the sansula with an drumskin for resonance. The tongues are not placed on a body but on a small frame drum. In an elegant, oval shape, it nestles well in the hands.

    Kalimba

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    At this Kalimba the resonsance-box is made from a coconut.

    with 7 metal tongues, not tuned

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    Kalimba

    Sansula

    the sansula is a kalimba, but the resonance comes from a drum skin, so it gives a vibrating sound, pentatonic tuning, dreamful and relaxing

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    The Sansula is a thumb-piano, also called Kalimba. But here it is fixed on a drumskin.
    Because this the instrument become a lot of resonance.
    The Sansula is pentatonic tuned in a-minor.
    Because the pentatonic tuning it is dreamfull and intuitv to play..

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    Sansula

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    Tin Whistle

    The traditional flute from Ireland
    At the time of industrialisation, simple tin whistles were created in England and Ireland, which were produced in large numbers and were therefore affordable for the common people. This is why they were given the name penny-whistle.

    We offer the tin-whistle from the Clarke company, which is made of tin and has a wooden peg as a mouthpiece.
    The wide windway produces a slightly smoky tone.
    It is painted black and available in "C" or "D" tuning.

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    tibetian singing bowl

    The tibetian singing bowls are not embossed, but founded singing bowls.

    Founded singing bowls always have a more light sound than a embossed singing bowl same size.

    Cause the even found and than turned on a turning lathe, this singing bowls have an even stuctur. The soun is even swinging. Cause the heavy thick sides, this bowls starts easy to sing while rub with the stick. For this you rub with a wooden or a leather covered stick outside on the top of the bowl with even pressure and speed, that the bowl starts to swing in the harmonics.. A spharic, standing, intensiv sound.

    We have tibetian singing bowls in sizes from 8 cm to 17 cm diamter. This are weights from 200 g to 1400 g.

    In the outside are stylized sanskrit signes founded, in the bottom can be founded a relief of Buddha.

    Every singing bowl is inclusive a pad and stick.

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