Handgrip Lamellophone

Openings in the Soundboard designate the Handgrip Design and make for easy holding while playing.

A drawing of two hands holding an African harp instrument, called ilimba.

A person is playing an African harp called the ilimba.

Handgrip Design Gourd Kalimba

Even large instruments are easy to hold and play with Handgrip Design

Handgrip Gourd Kalimba Lamellophone Slide Show

An Ilimba, an African harp, is sitting on a wooden table.

An Ilimba ukulele featuring intricate African harps carved onto its wooden body.

A drawing of two hands holding an Ilimba xylophone.

A man sitting on a bench with an Ilimba, a colorful ball in his hand.

A person is holding a colorful drum called an ilimba.

A person is holding an Ilimba, an African harp made of wood, in their hand.

Four wooden drums, including the Ilimba, sitting on a table.

A person holding an Ilimba, a wooden ukulele, in the grass.

A wooden Ilimba in the grass.

A man is playing an African harp, also known as Ilimba, on a wooden bench.

An Ilimba, a wooden ukulele with a lot of metal on it.

Peruvian Walnut Gourd Handgrip Kalimba

Burned and Dyed Design adorns this Kalimba as seen below...

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A man sitting on a bench holding an Ilimba drum.

A person is holding an African harp made from a bottle cap ukulele.

A man of African descent sitting on a bench, gently holding an Ilimba bowl.

An Ilimba painted ball sitting in the grass.

Custom Handgrip Gourd Kalimba

This custom piece has Burned and Painted Design;
see below...

A man in a hat holding a large painted tiger, accompanied by an African harps.

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A motorcycle helmet adorned with a fierce tiger illustration.

A painted egg with a tiger on it from Africa.

A drum decorated with a frog and a tiger, inspired by African harps and Ilimba.

A tiger painted on a wooden bench with an African harps

A jaguar painted on a wooden chair made from African Ilimba wood.

A wooden instrument with a cross on it, known as the Ilimba.

A motorcycle helmet with a colorful African harps design on it.

Description: A black vase with a bee painted on it, inspired by African harps.

An Ilimba drum with a snake painted on it.

An Ilimba drum adorned with a multitude of beads.

An African drum with a snake on it.

A black and white photo of a man with a tiger on his head, showcasing the unique combination of African harps and Ilimba.

An Ilimba tiger painted on a helmet.

A painted drum with a tiger and frog on it, inspired by African folk art.

A tiger painted on a wooden bench inspired by African harps.

A wooden instrument with an Ilimba symbol on it.

A man in a cowboy hat holding an Ilimba drum.

An Ilimba ukulele with a red, white, and blue design.

A motorcycle helmet with an African harps.

A motorcycle helmet with a tiger on it, inspired by African harps.

A black and white photo of a man holding an Ilimba mask.

A tiger adorned with a stunningly painted frog.

Custom Handgrip Gourd Kalimba Demo Video

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A person holding an African harp in the grass.

Another Gourd Handgrip Example

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A person holding an Ilimba.

An Ilimba, an African harp, placed on the grass.

A person holding an Ilimba in the grass.

An Ilimba ukulele in the grass.

A person playing an African harp in the grass.

Painted Gourd Handgrip Kalimba Demo

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Handgrip Tinlimba

I coined the term "Tinlimba" to refer to Lamellophone I make with cookie tins as the resonating body. This one is a large (double chocolate chip) tin; 13" diameter, with very fine grain Mahogany for the soundboard. Depth is 6". Tinlimba produce unique and wonderfully haunting reverberating sound.

A wooden ukulele, resembling African harps, is sitting in the grass.

An Ilimba, a circular painted object, laying in the grass.

Backside of above Handgrip Tinlimba

Most cookie tins have relatively thin bottoms and I discovered that it's essential to adhere a thin piece of wood or plywood to the bottom to produce a good sound. The above design is burned and painted.

Electric Peruvian Walnut Gourd Handgrip Lamellophone

A man is playing an Ilimba, an African harp-like instrument with buttons on it.

A person is holding an Ilimba drum.

An Ilimba drum sitting on a wooden table next to a speaker.

An Ilimba, a wooden musical instrument, on a wooden deck.

An acoustic guitar sits on a wooden bench, accompanied by an Ilimba.

A man is playing an African harp instrument, the Ilimba, on a bench.

An Ilimba, an African harp, is sitting on a wooden bench.

An Ilimba, a type of African harp, is sitting on a wooden deck.

A person is holding an Ilimba, an African harp, in front of a guitar.