chopping block thumb piano

[thepianoking100]

Wow awesome! That would sound good in a scary movie of some sort!

[ImuhMusician]

Why does it have that awesome reverb sound!? :o

[i0wnDaWorld]

sounds so scarry, playing like this u know, some kind of horror movie with revengeful spirit

[Dandroidanimal]

did you make the kalimba, or buy it?

[tynego]

@Dandroidanimal

I make my own kalimbas. If you click on the Show More button there is a link to the photo set of my constructions.

[elixa4]

GOD now i want a kalimba a flute and this

[KalimbaTim]

thats some far out trippy kalimba playing!

[18jofelony18]

that sound is unique...SouthWorthENTcom

[yermyahu]

I added stereo reverb and vibrato ;]

[PixelizedSnowflake]

The reverb or whatever effect is on there reminds me of House. >w<

[DillonDemas]

this is totally sick. how do you make reverse delay? what plugin?

[tynego]

@DillonDemas

That is done using a patch on the Kaoss Pad 2.

[LSDpeasantry]

This vid is sweet. I want to make my own instrument now.

[jerrbear85]

excellent. just love the sound.

[druminallday]

nice kalimba very well tuned

[buildsbest]

Is there a pick up causing the aweful reverberation on this video. THE INSTRUMENT LOOKS COOL

[tynego]

Yes, a pickup that goes to a KP2 fx box. The audio you hear is reversed with a slight delay. Sometimes thumb pianos sound too much like doorbells. This is a simple example of adding some texture to the sound, to "un-pretty" it and move it more in a noise direction.

[buildsbest]

Thanx for info'. I agree, sometimes a buzz improves sound, gives it depth etc. African thumb pianos add caps off beer bottles to serve similar purpose. I would like to hear this played without pick up. Played as African piano in a large gourd or bowl to amplify gently. Thanx

[TheFactoryOfLight]

It's got an amzing eerie and mystic sound, very thrilling. I loved it!

[jakadaba]

bla blala bla. <The sound is not interresting, it's annoying..

[nativemother]

aweful? YOU'RE GAY ha that sounds AMAZING!

[ishiam]

can or how do you tune it?

[tynego]

The tuning is determined by the length of tine beyond the bridge. Using a hammer, you can tap the tine to shorten or lengthen the tine. Or use pliers to pull or push the tine for similar results, or undo the tension and do it by hand. Or you can trim length by cutting and fine tune by removing metal from the playing end of the tine.

[Tractern]

This is really, really cool. However, the sound quality is bloody awful!

[deathtobill5]

i just bought a hand piano and it is beautiful

[SpazzlePop]

thats actually scary sounding. BUT COOL.

[myjollyboy]

I saw all the pictures of your kalimba's on your site. I would love to make my own. I would like to make a kalimba out of a speaker so that I could plug it into an amp. I thought that a speaker would have the plug ins already.

What do you make the tines out of?

[tynego]

A speaker for the piano body will likely have feedback issues depending on the pickup you use. The tines in the above video are pieces of electrician's snake, used to thread wires thru conduit. There are descriptions of more tines and options at the Instructables link, under About This Video, click on *more*..

[DjBleedsColors]

trippy

[mytoyz4u]

Kool!

I thought the first really fast part sounded like something from the Matrix haha.

I also think it might be on a pot? It looks like a chopping block on a pot or something, coz of the two silver handles you can see. That would explain the kool acoustics.

Kool vid!!!

[zmgriffith]

I was going to ask if you were using a Kaoss Pad... I thought I recognized the effect.... great vids!

[Illiara]

Is that just how it sounds or did you use something? Ive never heard a Kalimba like that befor...

[tynego]

In this instance I am using the Kaoss Pad. It is listed in the tags for the video. Browse the tags, click on *kaoss* and it will take you to other videos that use the pad.

[krejzimicz]

psycho uuh

[greyhound46]

Good idea with the pot, never saw it before ;-D

Youre music seemed to me a bit like chaos. But ok, its youre art to handle the Kalimba :-)