this is a hollow body with no sound hole. it has a nice birch ply top on a long narrow box. the box is painted with house paint, white and green.

    it has 12 pentatonic keys. not my favorite, but people like it.

it can be retuned.

the lack of sound hole could be good for anti-feedback.

up close

RK 385

this one is for sale at $275. it has leaded keys and multiple overtone dampners. it sounds nice and low.

   the pick-up is on the front and has a Zimbabwe eagle coin glued to it.

this is a tiny bass instrument, 4 by 7 by 1.5 inches. it is a catamaran bass with a lacquered ash top and a wenge bottom. the pick-up is very loud.

the keys have been soldered on the underside and there are buzzers.

this is a great sounding intrument!

this is a deep baritone, shallow bass kind of instrument. it has nine keys which have had solder placed underneath the keys. this gives them a much lower tone.

the pick-up hears the keys very evenly and strong.

this is a 15 key solid-body electric kalimba. it is tuned to C major and has two octaves. the pressure bar is a little crooked, which doesn't effect the sound.

the wood is unfinished. this kalimba has a nice sound with a clear and even pick-up.

this is a 14 key solid-body electric kalimba. it is in E minor. it has only two bolts holding the pressure bar down. it is stained and lacquered.

the pick-up is very nice and even.

this is a good axe.

i was just tuning it.

to say any more.

it is in C major.

  this is a story tellers box, which is to say it is an acoustic-electric about 6 inches wide and 7 inches long. it sounds wonderful, very even as an electric, and acoustically it is good too.

  it feels very nice in the hands because of the round over it had on the front and that i put on the back. it started life as the top of some box, and i put in the pick-up and jack and glued on the jakota ply back.

  it is tuned to C major. to hear it being played:

       www.imputor.com/ekalimba/rk367.mp3

it really has a great feel in the hands.

this one sold at the hand-made instrument show.