Sophie H.
Very cute and nice sound
Malcolm G.
Great service and very good discounts
Adrianna
This kalimba has become part of my nightly routine. It's incredibly soothing to listen to, and I'm able to tune it to play whichever notes I need. I'm a very musical person in general and enjoy playing various instruments, but this one by far is the most soothing and relaxing one to play. For the price you pay, this kalimba is worth the money.
Anna Brakowska
I really like this kalimba. First of all it sounds beautiful. It's really well made, and from high quality wood. It is also very light this easy to travel with or hold and play. I'm slowly learning how to play it but just practicing brings so much joy.
Hannah Johnson
Really beautiful! It’s super smooth, shipped quick and easy! The box it comes in has instructions to care for it and how to tune it...also some songs to learn!
Roxanne Rocha
It’s beautiful and it is easy to play.
Kris
This product is great. Nice, rich sound quality and came with all the components as shown in the description (tuning hammer, stickers for labeling the tines, and the felt bag to carry it around). It shipped within a few days and I got it a little under a week later, soundly packaged and perfectly in tune (C Major). Wonderfully crafted and solidly built, definitely above what I expected for the price.
Jenni Laing
My Donner Kalimba arrived today.
Looks and sounds good. Came with a hammer to help with tuning and a Carry pouch. Pouch is made of a funky material so knock off half a star. Manual has tuning info, songs and a page of common chords.
It's a beautiful piece of wood and fun to mess around with.
Nicholas J Johnson
I purchased this Kalimba for my girlfriend. Neither of us had ever played a kalimba, but I’m a musician with a background in guitar. We couldn’t be happier with our purchase! The kalimba was well packaged and arrived in perfect condition. It came tuned and ready to play. The kalimba is beautiful and well crafted. It feels sturdy and fits good in my hands. The sound this instrument makes is wonderful, and I feel like we received a very viable musical instrument from Donner! The only thing that would have made this better is if it included a padded case for the instrument, but considering the low price we were beyond pleased with this purchase and it makes me want to check out more of Donner’s instrument line for myself and recording in my home studio! I would recommend this kalimba to anyone who is considering learning or wants to try a new instrument. It is extremely easy to pickup and play and we were learning songs in no time!
Kevin
This is a great instrument to keep out on the coffee table and to be available for the whole family to play! I learned about the Mbira in one of my college music classes and have always loved its sound and tone so when I saw the Kalimba I knew I had to get it. As soon as I opened the box the kids were right there excited to try it out! It is super easy for all to play and get a good sound from. I was shocked at the number of songs on the internet for this instrument. The intonation was pretty close right out of the box and It was incredibly easy to adjust the tuning using the tuning hammer. I haven’t tried any alternate tunings yet but look forward to trying. This instrument has beautiful wood grain, the keys are nice and shiny, and it seems to be well constructed. I haven’t found a negative about this.
Lance Allen
This is a really cool instrument! I have a very musical family and it's a beautiful addition to my musical knick knacks. Plus it's fully functional and plays in tune! Neat and cute sound!
P.L
My daughter loved the thumb piano. It’s a beautiful instrument made of mahogany wood. It comes with a metal mallet to tune the keys, a cleaning cloth, stickers for the keys and carrying bag.
Colby
I received one of these from my wife for my birthday. It is fantastic !! It arrived well packaged. It comes with the Kalimba, a tuning hammer, a carrying bag, stickers for on the keys (for ease of note identification), and instructions. The tuning app they suggest is easy to download and use. It took me about 10-15 minutes to get my Kalimba tuned, but once it was, it sounded amazing. It is easy to play and is very peaceful-sounding. There is also a very nice "sun" shape engraved around the sound hole. The Kalimba is very lightweight but well made. I am looking forward to becoming more proficient on my Kalimba, but for now, it is fun to just sit around and noodle with it. This is just one of many Donner products that I own and I am completely pleased with the quality and sound of this instrument, as I am will all of my Donner products.
Hannah
Really beautiful! It’s super smooth, shipped quick and easy! The box it comes in has instructions to care for it and how to tune it...also some songs to learn!
C.
I like this little Kalimba player, works as it is advertised. There is a tuning fork included, a nice felt instrument holder, and a cleaning cloth that comes with the player. It arrived almost overnight! as well. It appears it will last a long time.
Nicholas J Johnson
I purchased this Kalimba for my girlfriend. Neither of us had ever played a kalimba, but I’m a musician with a background in guitar. We couldn’t be happier with our purchase! The kalimba was well packaged and arrived in perfect condition. It came tuned and ready to play. The kalimba is beautiful and well crafted. It feels sturdy and fits good in my hands. The sound this instrument makes is wonderful, and I feel like we received a very viable musical instrument from Donner! The only thing that would have made this better is if it included a padded case for the instrument, but considering the low price we were beyond pleased with this purchase and it makes me want to check out more of Donner’s instrument line for myself and recording in my home studio! I would recommend this kalimba to anyone who is considering learning or wants to try a new instrument. It is extremely easy to pickup and play and we were learning songs in no time!
Kaitlyn Brockbank
Excellent addition to any instrument collection! I have never owned one of these before, but when I saw clips on YouTube of folks playing them I knew I needed to have it. The sounds are similar to the one oh a standing Harp, but quiet. Very soothing and since it is diatonically tuned to "C" (not a chromatic instrument), anyone can play and many common little tunes can be easily figured out on it. My kids absolutely love and again due to its tuning anything the you play on it sounds nice.
Taylor .
I ordered this on a whim and am not disappointed with it. It is solidly made and very simple to use. However, having learned the piano I find it impossible to reorder my mind to play notes in a different order to the normal musical scale so I was finding it impossible to play.
I decided to try to reorder the notes. I was able to pull them out easily with pliers as they are not attached to anything and are held in place purely by tension. I then reordered them to how they would play on a piano and reinserted them, pulling them through with pliers. Then I reinserted the metal rod which runs under the notes and finally tuned them from my piano.
Obviously, this now means the notes run on a single diagonal so playing it with your thumbs is not as simple as before, however, for me it was a matter of not being able to play it at all in its original condition. There is at least a full tone to work with when tuning so it should also be possible to change the key by retuning the appropriate notes to fit with whatever key you want to change the instrument to. I have changed mine to F major, so adjusted all the B keys to B flat.
All in all, a very attractive and versatile little musical instrument.
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Il Kalimba è uno strumento musicale africano costituito da una tavola di legno (spesso raccolta con un risonatore) con tanti metallici sfalsati attaccati, giocato tenendo lo strumento nelle mani e strappando i denti con i pollici. Solo bisogno di usare due pollici giocare per fare un suono. Il Kalimba è prodotto classificato come parte della famiglia lamellafono e parte della famiglia dell'idiophone di strumenti musicali.
