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"E-KALIMBA"
African Musical Instrument
It's so Easy To
Play...
Now Anyone
Can be Making
Beautiful Music In 10 minutes!

Click
Kalimba above to listen to a beautiful sample.
Take a look at the above picture.
What you are looking at is a picture of a
Hugh
Tracey
E-Kalimba
Some call it an eKalimba or Electric
Kalimba or Electronic Kalimba. I
like to call it the 'eLectronified' Kalimba.
Officially The Hugh
Tracey E-Kalimba is called the...
Hugh Tracey ALTO w/Pickup.
Most people just call
it the
E-Kalimba or eKalimba
The
pickups which help you connect to an amplifier are Piezo-electric devices mounted
near the center of the sound board at an optimal
location.
Some
significant drilling is involved in the board and
must
be done to exacting specifications so the
jack stays tight
and eliminates static.
The Hugh Tracey E-Kalimbas jack holes are drilled
by MasterCraftsman in Grahamstown,
South Africa.
The jack is set into a hole
drilled at the head of the sound
board. In
such a position, they sense the vibration
transmitted to the
bridge plate and then to the wooden soundboard.
The
advantages are threefold:
FIRST - finger noise
as well as musical vibrations are eliminated.
SECOND - the sound
is a more natural sound
(as natural as an amplified sound can get).
THIRD - the
1/4 inch jack is inserted on the end which is away from
your stomach when you are playing the Kalimba
so the cord is out of the
way when you play. You can now jump around
all over the stage in concert.
If you
weren't looking for the jack, you might not know it
was there.
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My
name is Kalimba Karl...
I have been playing the Hugh Tracey Kalimba for over
20 years. I specialize in
absolutely nothing but the
... Hugh Tracey Kalimba.
From
this site, you can purchase an Original Hugh
Tracey E-Kalimba
at a price so reasonable it will
take away
your breath.
The
Hugh Tracey E-Kalimba is
the electrified original Kalimba made by African Musical Instruments
(AMI)
in Grahamstown, South Africa.
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But when you take a
standard guitar cord and plug it into the jack of
your Hugh
Tracey E-Kalimba and the other end into an amplifier, a DI
box, PA system, or an Effects Processor... Watch
Out!
- New,
Awesome, Electric High-Energy
Musical Sounds Come Alive -
The field of "Electric Kalimba with effects processing" is
now wide
open for
people to create groundbreaking, unique, original musical sounds.
And not only that, but by plugging the E-Kalimba into an
amplifier you can now crank-up the volume and be heard
over
the
drummer.
The acoustic sound is
mellow, soft and sweet.
Unplugged, you can now practice while others in your household
are watching TV without disturbing them.
But just
plug this
baby into an amplifier and start making some
electrified
"killer" kalimba riffs.
The time is ripe for someone to come along and pioneer the E-Kalimba.
Not since Peter Frampton in the late 1970's
(with his
pioneering use of the talk-box guitar effect) has there
been something this futuristic.
The 15-note E-Kalimba has the same note
layout as the
Alto
Kalimba, (two octaves of the G major
scale).
The ALTO w/pickup, aka E-Kalimba, has a resonant box.
The fingering holes on the bottom allow you to make
the Hugh Tracey signature wa-wa sound.
The
E-Kalimba resonant board is made from the finest of
a rare indigenous African hardwood...
- An exotic, resonant African hardwood called
- Kiaat.
* Kiaat wood gives
the Hugh Tracey E-Kalimba
a deep, rich, organic beauty.
* Kiaat
wood gives the Hugh Tracey E-Kalimba a soothing,
pleasant tonality and gives the
instrument a full, natural
resonant sound.
While the body of The Hugh Tracey
E-Kalimba is made from kiaat wood, the notes (tines)
are made from a resilient spring steel.
The spring
steel tines last forever... and the instrument requires
almost no maintenance.
The Hugh Tracey E-Kalimba you play today could be
played
by your great grandchildren.
The Alto w/pickup model is a favorite of the Hugh Tracey
E-Kalimbas. The large tines are easy to play,
and the two octave setup from low G to high G is simple to
understand.
This E-Kalimba comes
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 E-Kalimba and can be used to
accompany piano,
guitar, bass, horns, singing or played as a solo
instrument.
While
other brand kalimbas come out of tune during extended play, the quality
engineering
of the bridge mechanism allows
this finely-crafted instrument to stay in
tune, even
when 'jamming' hard-core up on stage with
a band.
Hugh Tracey
Kalimbas are still proclaimed world-wide as the best. The
Hugh Tracey E-Kalimba is more than just a
kalimba... It
is a legend.
When you play one, everybody knows you are special.
You are admired
by women and envied by men.
Quite frankly, there is nothing else in the entire world that will give
you the instant status as playing your
"Rolls-Royce of Kalimba
Musical Instruments"...
You
can get an Original Hand-Crafted
Hugh Tracey E-Kalimba Today
at a price so reasonable it will take away
your breath...
...only $119.99
These
instruments are hand-crafted 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 E-Kalimba within 1
year...
And get All 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, make music...
You and your loved ones can be Making
Beautiful Music!
Kalimba Music sample provided and performed by Mark
Holdaway
http://www.kalimbamagic.com
Satisfaction Guaranteed or your Money Back!
(c) 2007 The Kalimba Store
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