I love musical instruments, and I have made and played many. One of my favorite portable instruments is the m'bira, kalimba, or "thumb piano", a plucked idiophone most often associated with Africa. Virtuoso players such as Stella Chiweshe can make these sing in an ethereal, trance-inducing polyrhythm.This one is a commercially available facsimile that only scratches the surface of this wonderful class of instruments. This one is nice becasue it fits in my breifcase or backpack, and can be played quietly on a train, hotel room, or park without disturbing anyone.
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