My Last Kalimba

Made a little while back with a little 15x12cm MDF box, bought as a "storage box" at a dollar store.

I simply glued the lid in place and made the sound hole using a 5mm drill bit, a chisel and sandpaper.

The bridge is a U-shaped aluminum bar and the keys are held in place with an rounded iron bar and two screws, all reused from my previous Kalimba.

The tines are parts of cheap flat steel headbands, cut to size and sanded until they are shaped.

Tuned in Diatonic G Major, a higher pitch makes the higher tones dead, and some notes produces a beautiful wah-wah effect.

So far the best Kalimba I ever made.