Home Made Thumb Piano 2

The below information is OUTDATED:

Another "home made" "thumb piano"
is played . . .
The metal may be toxic but . . .
I wanted to record more of my "thumb piano" music . . .
So . . .
I decided I'd quickly record a bit, then wash my hands really really well after I'm done playing . . .
In case you would like to know, here are some reasons that I stopped playing and making my "thumb pianos":
* It hurts my fingers to tune.
* Once tuned, it quickly gets "un-tuned" when played or slightly bumped.
* After a while, the "spring steel" keys become "bent-out-of-shape" and begin to rattle once played.
* The keys are very difficult for me to make. (It "takes" a lot a lot of scraping and skill to shave them down to the right, smooth shape)
* The "spring steel" probably wasn't manufactured for us to use for "thumb pianos". . . So I'm guessing they coated it with metal preservatives. (to keep the garden rakes from decaying/rusting.) (And those preservatives are likely to be toxic.)
* Even if the keys are smooth, when I play them, they still pain my fingers a great deal. (even if they are a smooth round shape, they are still hard metal.)
Thanks for reading.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• thumb
• piano
• kalimba
• home
• made
• instrument
• spring
• steel
• rake's
• rake

[mandalayes]

I would very much like to make this, would love to know how to construct and what the notes the keys are, very nice song you played :) looking forward to your reply.

[bluetongueboy]

@mandalayes Well. . I think this is instrument is not worth the trouble. This instrument usually doesn't sound exceptional (to me) until I use a special tuning method. (which usually requires many days of tuning by ear) I suggest you select a different instrument (with a very nice sound) then forget about conventional tuning-- and listen, experiment, and feel. . . In my opinion, your deep conscious and positive feelings should be the final judge. Not popular convention. Hope this helps : )

[bluetongueboy]

@mandalayes (My goodness, I just noticed your comment is one year old)

[scopein79]

Why are you concerned about toxicity of this metal? Was it from something known to be toxic?

[bluetongueboy]

Thanks for your comment.

[bluetongueboy]

@TheMagicalCardKId Yeah-- The video comments are a big mess. I wish I could get myself to eradicate them.

[desertricker]

This is Array Mbira...

[TheMagicalCardKId]

@adamz1988 Disorder, Disorder, Disoooooooorrrrrder

[adamz1988]

@scopein79 there's toxicity in my city, in my ciiiiityyy!

[PlayingPanda]

where would i find metal for the keys ?

[bluetongueboy]

I had a suspicion that the metal was toxic when I was very ill.

Actually, right now, I don't remember why I thought it was toxic.

I was planning on doing some research-- but I forgot the brand name of the rake that the "spring tempered steel" came from, and decided to not use the thumb pianos "to be on the safe side."

But now, even if they are not toxic, I don't want to use my thumb pianos anyway.

I would like to get an instrument that sounds louder, sounds nice, and is easier to deal with.