Hokema Kalimba B9 with pickup
- 9-notes
- Integrated piezo pickup
- Compact
- Intuitive and easy to play
- Clear and smooth sound
- High quality workmanship
- For beginners and professionals
- Available in different tunings
- Regional and sustainable production in Germany
Play the kalimba without previous knowledge, intuitively and with ease, like a professional!
The beautiful, high-quality processed and tonally balanced instrument, from the house of Hokema opens this possibility to you.
The Kalimba is light and warm in the hands, which immediately gives you a feeling of familiarity and connection with the instrument.
The sound block of the Kalimba is made of solid cherrywood. The oiled and waxed surface feels velvety smooth and is a real "hand-pleaser". You can easily and precisely play the 9 reeds mounted on it with your thumbs.
The sound of the small instrument can be amplified by playing it on an object that serves as a sound box, a table or a drum. . Or you can opt for the version with integrated piezo pickup. This allows you to capture the sound directly and without an additional microphone via a 6.35 mm jack socket and amplify it if necessary.
Its compact design makes it an ideal companion for traveling.
Since 1985, Hokema instruments have been produced in a resource-friendly and sustainable way in a small family business in Walsrode/Germany.
Tunings: A minor Pentatonic (A4, C5, C4, A4, A3, F4, E4, E5, B/B4).
A Major Pentatonic (A4, C#5, C#4, A4, A3, F#4, E4, E5, B/B4)
Standard tuning: 440 Hz (on request also 432 Hz)
Get more background information in our blog
In Germany kalimbas are produced at the workshop of Peter Hokema. Within this family business he has been making these instruments with excellent quality since 1985. Kalimbas by Hokema are made in a pentatonic tuning. One can play very well on these instruments without any musical educational background.
Anyone who plays a Kalimba regularly will certainly have noticed that the instrument begins to sound "inharmonic" or "weird" over time. Then the moment has come when you ask yourself, "What's going on here and how can I bring it back to its original condition?"
After reading this blog post, you'll have the know-how you need to make your Kalimba sound clean again.
Looking at the European museum catalogue for musical instruments MIMO, one can find almost 170 musical instruments under the keyword “lamellaphones in Africa”. Thereby one is often very different from another one. All instruments belong to one category for which we (Non-Africans) commonly use the generic term “kalimba”.
Manufacturer
Hokema
Silberweg 3, 29664 Walsrode, DE
hello@hokema.de