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Extra tines for meinl kalimba?

Hello all! I recently purchased a small solid-body 8 note meinl kalimba, and I was wondering if there was any way I could purchase additional tines that I could swap out? in case I wanted a different scale, you know. I play some music but I've never owned a kalimba before, are tines standardized at all? Any help would be appreciated!

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u/SlurpBagel — 1 day ago
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I got this ils kalimba for like 3 buck,and i was wondering if There is something to Do to fixe the tones or i should get a New and better one

u/Reasonable_Nobody785 — 10 days ago
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Hello! I'm looking into getting a chromatic kalimba, but I'm not sure which one to get.

Does anyone have experience with these models?

Is the Chill Angels 34 key or the Walter T 42 key better?

They both come with about the same accessories, and are the same price.

In theory I like the idea of the extra keys on the 42, but I can't find many reviews or videos of it, so I'm wary about the quality/sound. I'm also worried it'll be too big or heavy. I'm used to a smaller 17 key kalimba.

I'm also open to other recommendations, but I'm trying to keep my budget under $100 USD.

u/gecko-deco — 11 days ago
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Yes, you read right. How can I turn a functioning tine into a buzzing one? On Tuesday, I am going to meet up with people who I would like to show what a "dead" tine and a buzz sound like. I do have a kalimba with one buzzing tine and two "dead" tines, or so I thought. But suddenly today, when I wanted to prepare for Tuesday, I noticed the buzz is gone! It was a pretty bad one, too! Nothing would work to fix it, and now it's gone! Anybody know how you can create a buzz??

u/Suspicious_Iron9651 — 11 days ago
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I'm looking to buy a kalimba for my gf for her birthday but I don't really know where to start.

She's a very musical person (teaches and plays other instruments) so I don't really want to get something too basic or entry level even though it's her first one.

We discovered this instrument through Avatar the last airbender and she's already learnt to play a few songs from that but obviously one of the main ones is on the kalimba and I'm sure she'd find loads of others to play too so don't want to get one that's going to limit what can be played on it or will sound off.

I am not a very musical person so any advice on brand or size or hollow Vs solid etc. would be really appreciated :)

Looking to spend up to £100 so any recommendations would also be great as well, and if they look pretty then that's an added bonus

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u/ReiAcul — 8 days ago
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Hi all, got myself a 41 key kalimba and noticed that: there are 2 areas which the surface seems to have unevenness (as seen) and some squiggly lines which extend from the tines to halfway through the board.

Is this considered normal? The kalimba itself sounds nice

u/Rosesthorn — 13 days ago