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product_id: 8304003
title: "Kiaat Wood Box-Mounted Kalimba"
brand: "hugh tracey kalimba"
price: "VT5927"
currency: VUV
in_stock: false
reviews_count: 1
url: https://www.desertcart.vu/products/8304003-kiaat-wood-box-mounted-kalimba
store_origin: VU
region: Vanuatu
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# Premium Kiaat African hardwood 2 octaves G major scale Wide 5mm tine spacing Kiaat Wood Box-Mounted Kalimba

**Brand:** hugh tracey kalimba
**Price:** VT5927
**Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock

## Summary

> 🎶 Unlock your inner maestro with the iconic Kiaat Kalimba—where heritage meets harmony.

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Kiaat Wood Box-Mounted Kalimba by hugh tracey kalimba
- **How much does it cost?** VT5927 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Currently out of stock
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## Best For

- hugh tracey kalimba enthusiasts

## Why This Product

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## Key Features

- • **Endorsed by Legends:** Played by icons like Maurice White and Taj Mahal—join the legacy of musical pioneers.
- • **Effortless Playability:** Wide 5mm tines and spacing make it perfect for beginners and large hands—start playing instantly.
- • **Limitless Musical Exploration:** Create complex arrangements and modern effects without electronics; endless hours of creative flow await.
- • **Melodic Mastery in Two Octaves:** Precisely tuned to a 2-octave G major scale, ideal for creating soulful melodies and harmonies.
- • **Timeless African Craftsmanship:** Handcrafted from authentic Kiaat wood, connecting you to rich African heritage and natural beauty.

## Overview

The Kiaat Wood Box-Mounted Kalimba is a premium musical instrument crafted from authentic African Kiaat hardwood. Featuring 2 octaves of the G major scale and wide 5mm tine spacing, it offers exceptional playability for both beginners and seasoned players. Celebrated since the 1950s and favored by legendary musicians, this kalimba blends traditional African craftsmanship with Western tuning, enabling rich melodic and harmonic expression without electronics.

## Description

The Hugh Tracey Kalimba blended some of the best aspects of several different traditional instruments, but was tuned to a western scale to facilitate western melody and harmony. The Hugh Tracey Kalimba started the Kalimba Craze of the 1960s. Maurce White of Earth, Wind and Fire and Taj Majal played Hugh Tracey Kalimbas in the 1970s. The same great Hugh Tracey Kalimbas are still available today. The Alto Kalimba, with its two octave range in the G major scale makes this kalimba easy to understand. The relatively wide spacing between the tines makes this kalimba easy to play, especially if you have large hands. Simply a delight - when people first bring this instrument home, they literally play it for hours. But people who have played it for 20 or 30 years are still working to improve. Very simple to play but difficult to master, these kalimbas sound and feel wonderful. Modern-sounding special effects can be created without electronics when you cover and uncover the sound holes. Single note melodies, two melodies in counterpoint, chords, and more complex arrangements can be created on this simple box. There is a growing body of instructional material available for the whole family of Hugh Tracey Kalimbas.

## Features

- The Hugh Tracey Kalimba was the first commercially-made kalimba to be exported from Africa in the 1950s, and is still considered among the best kalimbas.
- With exactly 2 octaves of the G major scale (ie, the root note G is also the lowest note), it is easy to undestand this instrument.
- This kalimba is made from the beautiful and highly varied African hardwood kiaat, and holding this kalimba from Africa connects the player to Africa.
- There are about 10 different music books available for this kalimba – more than any other kalimba.
- The 5mm tines are wide, the tine spacing is wide, making this an easier kalimba to start on, if it isn't too big to fit comfortably in your hands.

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Hugh Tracey Kalimba
- **Material:** Wood
- **Body Material:** Wood
- **Manufacturer:** Hugh Tracey Kalimba

## Images

![Kiaat Wood Box-Mounted Kalimba - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/519Ih1oA7uL.jpg)
![Kiaat Wood Box-Mounted Kalimba - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41s1-NavxGL.jpg)

## Customer Reviews

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    Kalimba - Alto
  

*by P***A on Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2012*

I love it.  It is so much fun to play.  Can't play everything, though, but I suppose it's okay.  Beautiful!

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*Last updated: 2026-03-09*