DIY Thumb Pianos!

by max on Friday, May 11th, 2007

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Thumb Piano

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Wow, check out some of these really cool DIY Thumb Pianos!

Sometimes an instrument you know can become something else altogether. Bob Collier has been constructing his own thumb pianos, adding amplification, effects, self-sampling features, and novel cases involving recycled camera bodies and faux fur. As Bob says, “Sometimes the crudest and roughest looking kalimbas can sound surprisingly good especially with the right context of fx and
amplification.”

I find kalimbas beautiful and delicate to begin with. Throw in some faux fur and Korg KAOSS Pad effects, and they take on a whole new life:

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  • I would never have the patience to build something like that. More power to them for doing it !
  • girrrrrrr2
    i wanna make one... but i would never learn to play it...
  • Izl
    Thats really cool but a thumb drum would be better.
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