"KALIMBA"
African Musical Instrument

It's so Easy To Play...  Now Anyone 
Can be Making Beautiful Music In 10 minutes!

Dear Friend,

If you’ve ever wanted to play a musical instrument but...
Didn’t have the Time, Patience and/or Money to spend on:

• YEARS of Expensive Music Lessons...
• Learning How to Read Music... 
• Hours and Hours of tedious practice… then Keep Reading.
• I am going to tell you...

How You Can Create a Beautiful, Original Song with Chords That Harmonize. 
And you can do it within 10 minutes of playing this special... 
African Musical Instrument for the very 1st Time!

Sounds like a dream, doesn't it? 
Making Beautiful Music Immediately!

Well, because of what Dr. Hugh Tracey has developed...  
It is now a Dream come True!

Hugh Tracey is the inventor of the... 

"Kalimba"
The term "Kalimba" has become part of our vernacular through common use...  but "Kalimba(TM)" is actually a registered trademark name
(Patent Nos. 22,565, 60/3777, 900,796, 68/7040).

Click Kalimba above to listen to a beautiful sample.

The Hugh Tracey Kalimba is shaped like a small wooden box with a 
circular hole in the middle (most models). It has thin metal strips or 
tongues which are the notes (called tines), that are of varying lengths. 
  
The tines are plucked downward with your thumbs using your thumbnails.
The longer the length of the tine, the lower the pitch of the note.
The longest tine, and therefore the lowest note is always in the middle. 

Unlike other keyboard instruments with the lowest note on the far left,
the Hugh Tracey Kalimba notes are tuned in an alternating left-right 
manner starting from the center note. 

The benefit of this alternate left-right note arrangement on the 
Hugh Tracey Kalimba is that..   

You Start Sounding Good Right Away!

Due to the unique configuration of the Hugh Tracey Alto Kalimba -
Any 2 adjacent notes make a melodic sounding chord that harmonizes.
That means that any 2 adjacent-note combination will sound good.

As a matter of fact, if you swipe your thumb across any adjacent
2, 3, 4 or more note combination, you create pleasing, pretty sounding 
chords that are harmonized. 

No other instrument on the planet has this unique configuration!

Try playing 2 adjacent notes on a piano, guitar, or any other instrument...
You get harsh sounding, discordant notes. It just doesn't sound good.

That's one of the major reasons that people don't stick with playing
a musical instrument... because it doesn't sound good in the beginning.

The Hugh Tracey Kalimba doesn't have those discordant chord patterns
on adjacent notes so it always makes chords that are harmonized
and blend well with each other.

Now anyone, even YOU or your children can... 
Play a Musical Instrument and Make Music...

• Even if you Can't Read Music and Don't Want to learn to read music.
• Even if you are tone deaf, can't sing a lick and have 2 left thumbs.
• Even if you have no previous musical experience...

Beginners Can Start Making Beautiful Sounding Tones Right Away...  

To create a piece of music or a song, all you need to do is... 
Start plucking any 2 adjacent notes with your thumbs, anywhere on the face of the Kalimba. 

There is only 1 exception - the bottom note. But just pluck the bottom note 
by itself, and it harmonizes with all the other 2-note chords!

You can begin or end any song on that bottom note! - It's the root note.
That's All You Need To Know To Start Making Beautiful Music Right Away!

1) Pluck any 2-adjacent notes
2) Pluck the bottom note by itself 
3) End your song on the bottom or top right note.

So simple, even... 

A 6 year old child can pick it up and start playing immediately.
Give the Gift of Music to a child and watch their face light up.

All You have to do to start Making Music in 10 minutes is...
Move your thumbs around the instrument, plucking any adjacent 2 note 
combinations.

Vary your rhythm. These 2 note combinations create melodic chords
that harmonize and create mellow, soothing, pretty sounding music.

You will be amazed at how good you sound!  

Finish off your composition by plucking the root note
(either the top right or the Bottom Note, or both if you like). 

In less than 10 minutes you have just created your first song! 
And You Start Sounding Good Right Away - Hooray for YOU!

Anyone can play the Hugh Tracey Kalimba:

• No musical training is required.
• You Don't Have To Read Music.
• You won't have to spend Years taking expensive, tedious music lessons.
  
• You don't have to practice long hours everyday doing boring 
  doe, ray, me... scales.
• Your household members won't have to listen to loud, noisy practice sessions full of sour, discordant notes.
• You can play while other family members are watching TV or sleeping without disturbing them (just stroke the keys softly).

The Hugh Tracey Kalimba 
is lightweight and portable.

You can carry one in your pocketbook or backpack or a special
"Kalimba Carrying Pouch" which clips on your belt.

It's the easiest musical instrument to carry around. Just place it
in your Kalimba pouch and it's handy whenever you want it.

And it Makes a Perfect Gift because it's tones are soothing and
Help some people relax and reduce their stress.

The natural beauty of the kiaat wood gives the instrument an exotic
elegance - a beauty that is rich, handsome with a natural lustre.

Impress your Family, Friends, Someone Special!

You'll look Cool, and Confident holding this fine hand-crafted,
African Musical Instrument and making beautiful, sweet-sounding music. 

Harmonies and vibrato can be added simultaneously giving the music 
a vibrant quality and adding a "Soulful element" to Your Music!

By waving your fingers in and out of the vibrato holes on the botton,
You add A "wa-wa" Sound that No other instrument can duplicate.

The Hugh Tracey Kalimba has a unique, signature sound.
- A signature,  syncopated Kalimba - "Wa-Wa" sound!

You can accompany any instrument... piano, guitar, horns, singing...
You can tune your Kalimba to any signature key! You can play any
style music on this Kalimba including:

Jazz, Classical, Blues, Pop, Hip hop,
Rock and Roll...

Quite frankly, there is nothing else in the entire world  that will give you
the instant status as playing your  Original Hugh Tracey Kalimba. 

The Hugh Tracey Kalimba will give you a Unique, Original Sound.

The Hugh Tracey Kalimba has a "sweet" tone and is made from the finest
of a rare, indigenous African hardwood...

An exotic, resonant African hardwood called - 
Kiaat!

After experimenting with several woods, Hugh Tracey finally found the wood best-suited for his Kalimba instruments... Kiaat.

• Kiaat wood gives the Hugh Tracey Kalimba a rich, organic beauty.
• Kiaat wood gives the Hugh Tracey Kalimba a soothing, pleasant tonality and a full and natural, resonant acoutic sound.
  

                   *WARNING*
Other brand Kalimbas are made from rosewood or gourds, not kiaat.
  

The Hugh Tracey Kalimba is the only Kalimba made from kiaat wood.
The Kiaat wood gives the Hugh Tracey Kalimba a Clarity and Uniformity
of Tone - Unmatched by any other brand of Kalimba.

"Fall in Love" all over again with beautiful music.
 
Every Hugh Tracey Kalimba is Hand-Crafted by a Master-Craftsman
in Grahamstown, South Africa. Painstaking care is devoted to the
selection of woods and even the texture of the finishing varnishes.

When preparing the kiaat wood to create the Hugh Tracey Kalimbas,
literally thousands of wood samples are searched for acoustical soundness
and to be visually pleasing.

This is no assembly line operation.

While the body of The Hugh Tracey Kalimba is made from kiaat wood...
The notes (tines) are made from a resilient spring steel.

The spring steel tines have been designed to yield the exact amount
of tension required for maximum volume without being too stiff 
and hurting your fingers.

The quality engineering of the bridge mechanism allows this finely-crafted
instrument to stay in tune, even when 'jamming' hard-core with a band. 

AMI - (African Musical Instruments)... 
are the makers of the original Hugh Tracey Kalimba.

AMI was founded in 1955.
The Hugh Tracey Kalimba was their 1st musical instrument product. 

Today there are many imitators, but AMI continues to be acclaimed as
setting the standard for making this uniquely African Musical Instrument. 
AMI is dedicated to quality and manufacturing excellence.

History has judged the Hugh Tracey Kalimba to be the very best. 
The quality of every Hugh Tracey Kalimba is still unsurpassed.

Hugh Tracey passed away in 1977 and his ashes were scattered 
on his farm in Africa. 

His 2 sons Andrew Tracey and Paul Tracey, continue the Hugh Tracey legacy and with African Musical Instruments (AMI)...

...For 50 years... have been crafting... 
The Finest Kalimbas World-wide... 
- The Hugh Tracey Kalimba -



Kalimba Karl playing an Mbira made by S. Bvure

                                       Hugh Tracey ALTO Kalimba 

It comes perfectly pre-tuned in the scale of G-Major and can be tuned
to any scale simply by sliding some of the tines up or down.

It is a deep toned Kalimba and can be used to accompany piano, guitar, bass, singing or played as a solo instrument.

By waving your fingers in and out of The vibrato holes, The Hugh Tracey Kalimba makes a signature, syncopated "wa-wa" sound effect. Alternating between fingers creates harmonic and rhythmic effects - Very Cool!

Do something Fun and Educational...

Order your Hugh Tracey Alto Kalimba Today...

Remember, these are hand-crafted one at a time. Every Hugh Tracey Kalimba goes through a closely-guarded hand-crafted process:

Scouring, Cleaning, Sanding, Cutting, Marking the hole location,
Drilling the soundhole, Sanding soundhole, Drilling vibrato holes,
Gluing logo, Tuning tines...

And Then Making Sure Everything is Perfect.
And Then exporting them from South Africa.

...Now for the BEST PART
The price...

The meticulous hand-craftsmanship which creates these amazing
African Musical Instruments is compared to the craftsmanship of 
Antonio Stradivari - one of the most famous violin makers of all time.

The workmanship--the delicate corners, the perfect smoothness.
Musicians have marveled at the sweet sound and delicate features.

I just checked some professional instrument prices on eBay.

A baby grand Steinway Piano - $39,000.
Fender Limited Edition "Mustang" Guitar - $25,000

A Stradivarius Violin sold in auction for $1.78 million in 1990.

Yesterday's price for a Yahama YSS-675S Professional, Silver Plated, Straight Neck Saxaphone - $6,085.00

You can get an Original Hand-Crafted
Hugh Tracey ALTO Kalimba Today
at a price so reasonable it will take away your breath...

...only $99.99

These instruments are made in South Africa and exported. 
AND.. I'll make this a real no-brainer for you.

If for any reason you are not satisfied 

Return your Hugh Tracey ALTO Kalimba within 1 year...
And get Your Money Back - No hassles!

Your Satisfaction is GUARANTEED
- Or Your Money Back!

You have nothing to lose... and everything to gain.
You have a whole year to play it, use it, create music...

You and your Loved Ones can Make Beautiful Music!

Satisfaction Guaranteed or your Money Back!