April 5, 2025

Here is the Go Fund Me page for Paul and Sue Tracey. Paul Tracey is the surviving son of Hugh Tracey, the man who brought the world the “Hugh Tracey Kalimba” starting in 1954. I met Paul in November 2005 when I started Kalimba Magic. We split an order of kalimbas. I flew out to LA, rented a car, and met Paul at the Airport, where we loaded the kalimba cargo into our respective vehicles. I saw right away that his car had the California plate “KALIMBA”. Apparently, both he and Maurice White applied for the “KALIMBA” plate in California in the same year – lets say 1971 or 1972,

What Exactly is This Kalimba? The 10-Note Spiral box kalimba has super sweet tines that are wider than typical kalimba tines, and have a nice feel to place.  The 10-Note Spiral Box kalimba may be retuned to an 8-Note Student Karimba in C. If you would like the kalimba with unstamped tines, that is an option too. However, as this traditional African tuning is a bit out of the ordinary, you may want to get yours with the note names and numbers stamped on the tines. An Ancient African Heritage When Portugese priest Father Dos Santos encountered the kalimba in southern Africa in 1586, it very well could have been