Man, I love the sound of the Hugh Tracey alto calimba. . There's something so different and soothing about a little low tuned kalimba like that. Ilove it.
I fully agree. In my opinion, the sound of a Hugh Tracey Kalimba is as if the best qualities of a hollow kalimba and flat kalimba are combined into one!
For me the only 17 key in C that had brilliant sound across the whole board was a Hokema B17 (solid board), hideously expensive but has an astonishing sound - including the highest keys....AND the tines are held from the front by screws so it's REALLY easy to clean/disassemble or replace tines. Got a few lingtings too which are VERY good, but they do tend to be tuned lower (presumably so that the higher keys are actually usable), and a solid B Gecko kalimba which is also good.
Are you sure Hugh Tracey Kalimbas is shutting down or is it that Mark Holdaway of Kalimbamagic is retiring from selling kalimbas? He's, without a doubt, their best distributor, but I didn't get the impression from him that the South African Company that makes them are stopping.
Newlam 17 keys Kalimba, I have the same exact one.
That was quick!
Just bought that as a gift....it is the Newlam 17-key.
Agree with the pinned comment. That is the Newlam 17 key Kalimba. I just bought one to gift to someone special at Christmas.
Got a bad motion sickness because of all the camera moves 😢 couldn’t reach the end of video to find out the result, which one is the best?😅
Man, I love the sound of the Hugh Tracey alto calimba. . There's something so different and soothing about a little low tuned kalimba like that. Ilove it.
I fully agree. In my opinion, the sound of a Hugh Tracey Kalimba is as if the best qualities of a hollow kalimba and flat kalimba are combined into one!
wait but which is the best tho?
For me the only 17 key in C that had brilliant sound across the whole board was a Hokema B17 (solid board), hideously expensive but has an astonishing sound - including the highest keys....AND the tines are held from the front by screws so it's REALLY easy to clean/disassemble or replace tines. Got a few lingtings too which are VERY good, but they do tend to be tuned lower (presumably so that the higher keys are actually usable), and a solid B Gecko kalimba which is also good.
Kool collection!!
I'm thinking about getting one for fun. I like having things that make noise 😊
Thanks for the video
Thanks!!
Great video! keep going bro :D
Thank you for this video :) I enjoyed watching it and I'm going to buy a kalimba now :)
No worries, I'm glad you enjoyed!
I love the sound of my LingTing K21w
Surprised, you have so many kalimbas in collection. None of them have more than 17 keys. How do you play some music with # on?
Hi! To play songs with sharps/flats, I re tune some of the keys using a tuning hammer.
Are you sure Hugh Tracey Kalimbas is shutting down or is it that Mark Holdaway of Kalimbamagic is retiring from selling kalimbas? He's, without a doubt, their best distributor, but I didn't get the impression from him that the South African Company that makes them are stopping.
bolf kalimba is the best
pricey but quality