PRODUCT NAME
REAMTOP Birch 10 Keys Thumb Piano / African Musical Instrument / Kalimba Mbira Likembe Sanza
PRODUCT CODE: PROD980123032
PRODUCT INFORMATION
FUNS: It doesn''t matter how much musical experience you have. ANYBODY can sound good on this! It''s fun to see your family''s and friend''s eyes light up when they realize they can play an instrument!
PORTABLE: Most instruments are heavy and bulky, basically impossible to transport. This mbira is small and lightweight, it`s perfect to take on a trip.
PERFORMANCE: The metal keys are comfortable enough to play for at least 15 minutes without getting scraped or sore or anything of that nature.
GREAT GIFT: Smooth surface, nice polish, the thumb piano make a very delicate but not-to-expensive birthday or Christmas gift.
TUNNING: You can tunning youself by adjust the reed`s positIon, occasionally some murmur apprear, you can simply loose two screws, and to tight the two screws before you play music next time
Technical Details
Product Details
Product Dimensions
Package Dimensions
Width : 5.5 inch
Height : 2.1 inch
Length : 7 inch
Item Weight: 9.44 ounce (View shipping rates and policies)
Shipping Weight: 11.04 ounce (View shipping rates and policies)
ASIN : B06X9KG4R9
Product Description
REAMTOP Finger Piano/ African Musical Instrument
Thumb Piano Backgrounds:
The mbira is an African musical instrument consisting of a wooden board (often fitted with a resonator) with attached staggered metal tines, played by holding the instrument in the hands and plucking the tines with the thumbs. The mbira is usually classified as part of the lamellaphone family, and part of the idiophone family of musical instruments.
Members of this broad family of instruments are known by a wide variety of names. In the Anglo world it is often called a thumb piano. Indigenous African names include likembe, mbila, mbira huru, mbira njari, mbira nyunga nyunga, nhare, matepe and njari, sansu, zanzu, karimbao, marimba, karimba, kalimba, okeme, ubo, or-between the late 1960s and early 1970s-sanza, as well as marimbula (also kalimba) in the Caribbean Islands.
How to Play?
The main function of thumb piano is used for accompaniment. When it is played, you should hold the main body by two hands, and then use two thumb to play with it. When the thumb presses and releases the piano, the steel slice will make sounds. When it is the sunset, people would like to use it for singing accompaniment or stories telling accompaniment.
Features:
This sounding trapezoid body part is the flexible sounding bar in different length, and use wood as a resonance box.
10 key in different length offer clear and melodious sounds.
A round hole with 3.5cm/1.4in diameter for a better resonance frequency.
Specifications:
Material: Durable pine & steel bar
Color: Red and Wood Color
Item Size: approx 16.8 × 13 × 3.1 cm / 6.6× 5.1 × 1.2 inch
Item Weight: approx 265g / 9.4oz
Package Size: approx 18 × 14 × 5.5cm /7 × 5.5 × 2.1 inch
Package Weight: approx 310 g / 11 oz
Package Including:
1 * 10 Key Mbira
1 White Box