September 26, 2017

He was taught by Dumisani Maraire A Box Lotus and a Regular Lotus Karimba I met Cornelius Duncan in Longmont, Colorado, at the Jensen Guitar Company and Willow River Music Emporium.   I was visiting my dad in Longmont, having just left a music therapy conference a few miles away, and I had a load of kalimbas leftover from that event.  I got a call on the phone from Sam at Jensen Guitars.  “Hey, I’m in downtown Longmont Colorado, and I’ve got a gentleman here, Cornelius Duncan, who would like to see a few of the Hugh Tracey kalimbas with pickups – could you send us some?”  Sam thought I was at

I love this karimba design for fast Celtic jigs and reels The new Celtic D Karimba Over the years, I’ve had about a dozen people specifically request a kalimba in the key of D for Celtic music. (To be sure, not all Celtic music is in D, but quite a bit of it is in this key.) In the past, I would end up pointing inquirers to the D Treble kalimba. But this isn’t the most desirable solution either. While the D Treble is a fine kalimba, the tines are close together and if you have large hands, you might not like to play on this one. Additionally, Celtic music