That is 'friggin' AH - MAZING!
Thanks for the knowledge (and experience!)
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Lady G that is MY learning something NEW in MY TODAY- thank you
Interesting. I spent a lot of time in Jamaica in my youth and they played an instrument that I knew as the "marimba." Looked like this:
They'd sit on it, legs straddled, and bending over it, they'd pluck the metal bars. It was quite the attraction for tourists back in the early 50s. But now that I've done some research (thanks to you), I've discovered it was called a rhumba box. Maybe as a 10 year old I just thought (since it was a marimba band) that the box was the marimba. The ones I remember them playing only had 5 metal bars as I recall. More like this (though not nearly as ornate):
Your kalimba reminded me of the above. Though the latter is a smaller box with higher pitch. Interesting.
Oh, more snooping and I found the rhumba box was also called a mirambula. Maybe that's how I got the miramba.
