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I got the rake at Wal-Mart. I tried the fish tape method, but you must paint or seal the metal after torching it - otherwise it will rust. i found the fish tape to be too stiff for my purposes, and had to use really short pieces of it to get the notes that sounded good.
Rules of thumb:
Thinner (top to bottom) tines = deeper pitch per length
@enterrupt I've actually made a few kalimbas now using the fish tape, and it's been working great for me. If you wanna hear and see one of my kalimbas, just go to facebook and find the kalimba and sansula instrument lovers page. Mine is the first video, and I told a little about how I made it. You don't have to heat and flatten fish tape. Just bend the ends downwards with some pliars and file the ends with some scotch brite or sandpaper. Works awesome. :)
@alowen91 Thanks for the info. I have recently gotten back into kalimbas and found my supply of fish tape just the other day. I am working on a new/old idea currently - i want to couple each tine to a tonebar that is larger, more massive, but resonates at the same frequency as the tine. This is the way the tone generators work in the fender rhodes piano, except there is a dedicated pickup sitting at the free end of each tine. It is called an asymmetrical tuning fork. Tried passive amp horns yet?
@enterrupt So I take it that this is a chromatic kalimba. Would you reccomend making a pentatonic Kalimba? Also I want to make and electric one. Have you experimented with putting pickups into any of your Kalimbas? One more question. I have noticed that a lot of Kalimbas have a bridge that the tines rest on. Yours doesn't. Would you say that this is an unneccesary part of constructing Kalimbas or does it help with reverberation/ tones?
@rocknrollhoochiekoo1 for my kalimba the mount point serves also as the bridge. The advantage to pentatonic kalimbas is that all notes are in harmony with each other, but you will not be able to play all songs. I have recently seen a kalimba (from kalimbamagic) that had chromatic G on the front and pentatonic along the back, giving a chromatic instrument with great flexibility.
Does anyone actually SHOW how to make these?
It is frustrating looking at many videos hoping to find one that will be a "how to!"
Is it a national secret? LOL!
BirdOfParadise777 1 week ago
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Sophia9Lott3134 4 months ago
Your soundtrack is off by a couple seconds.
RevJim60 1 year ago
YOU MADE THAT!Now your a very,very,VERY Smart person
shymyn 1 year ago
where do you get such a cheap rake?!
the cheapest ones i could find where at least $10 and up..
also, i heard you can get electrician's fish-tape, heat it up, strike it to flatten it...
but the rake method sounds so much better. SO: WHERE DID YOU GET SUCH A CHEAP RAKE?
butzkess 1 year ago
@butzkess
I got the rake at Wal-Mart. I tried the fish tape method, but you must paint or seal the metal after torching it - otherwise it will rust. i found the fish tape to be too stiff for my purposes, and had to use really short pieces of it to get the notes that sounded good.
Rules of thumb:
Thinner (top to bottom) tines = deeper pitch per length
wider tines (left to right) = more volume
enterrupt 1 year ago
@enterrupt I've actually made a few kalimbas now using the fish tape, and it's been working great for me. If you wanna hear and see one of my kalimbas, just go to facebook and find the kalimba and sansula instrument lovers page. Mine is the first video, and I told a little about how I made it. You don't have to heat and flatten fish tape. Just bend the ends downwards with some pliars and file the ends with some scotch brite or sandpaper. Works awesome. :)
alowen91 9 months ago
@alowen91 Thanks for the info. I have recently gotten back into kalimbas and found my supply of fish tape just the other day. I am working on a new/old idea currently - i want to couple each tine to a tonebar that is larger, more massive, but resonates at the same frequency as the tine. This is the way the tone generators work in the fender rhodes piano, except there is a dedicated pickup sitting at the free end of each tine. It is called an asymmetrical tuning fork. Tried passive amp horns yet?
enterrupt 9 months ago
NICE
GaryGarrett 2 years ago
I put about 2-3 hours into the build. definitely an easy project - ask away if you have questions. :)
enterrupt 3 years ago
@enterrupt Was it exspensive to bild?
shymyn 1 year ago
@enterrupt So I take it that this is a chromatic kalimba. Would you reccomend making a pentatonic Kalimba? Also I want to make and electric one. Have you experimented with putting pickups into any of your Kalimbas? One more question. I have noticed that a lot of Kalimbas have a bridge that the tines rest on. Yours doesn't. Would you say that this is an unneccesary part of constructing Kalimbas or does it help with reverberation/ tones?
rocknrollhoochiekoo1 1 year ago
@rocknrollhoochiekoo1 for my kalimba the mount point serves also as the bridge. The advantage to pentatonic kalimbas is that all notes are in harmony with each other, but you will not be able to play all songs. I have recently seen a kalimba (from kalimbamagic) that had chromatic G on the front and pentatonic along the back, giving a chromatic instrument with great flexibility.
enterrupt 9 months ago
nice that's pretty cool!
how long did it take you to make though?
mixnmaxmaster 3 years ago