How to Make a Thumb Piano or Kalimba

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today we are making a Thumb Piano or Kalimba from Rosewood Quarter sawn sycamore
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@jeremywalker666 Жыл бұрын

James cracks me up. I've seen him work beautiful exotic woods and he's like,"I have this stuff laying around" but when he breaks out the White Oak, it's the greatest gift from god. Lol

@johnoerter2883 Жыл бұрын

James, I spent the year after high school in the Congo and was given a Kalimba by a Congolese friend. They would bop down the trail dancing to their own music … great fun!

@Kalimbisteto Жыл бұрын

You made it look so easy! That kalimba looks and sounds so precious 😊

@raneolsen Жыл бұрын

A gentleman knows how to play kalimba, but does not. That wood is just purdy!

@hassanal-mosawi4235 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing those tips and the make!

@douglasmagruder Жыл бұрын

That's a really fun looking project.

@MCsCreations Жыл бұрын

Beautiful, James! Really amazing work! 😃 Well done!!! Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

@TimTrOn3000 Жыл бұрын

Wild.... Bolivian RW and sycamore are two of my favorites. Very nice combo. Sycamore makes great guitar bodies.

@RenoFencingMan Жыл бұрын

This was great! Thanks :)

@What_Other_Hobbies Жыл бұрын

A very fun project to make.

@upsidedowndog1256 Жыл бұрын

Pretty cool project!

@mattomon1045 Жыл бұрын

James great project

@chriscunicelli7070 Жыл бұрын

Nice I like it james

@genem2768 Жыл бұрын

Very nice! I've thought about making one of these. Oh, and I think "Jammin' with James" would be a good name.

@user-zy4fx7vg4r Ай бұрын

Thank you for this Video, I was making a kalimba and I forgot to add the under piece of wood to Stable the bridge.

@J.A.Smith2397 Жыл бұрын

Way to start the day

@AhmetCnarOzuneUyans Жыл бұрын

The kalimba that I have has two holes in the back that you can close with your index fingers which makes the sound much better. I recommend you check that 👍

@anpr5309 Жыл бұрын

Very cool.

@iainmcculloch5807 Жыл бұрын

Jamming with James!

@Apillicus Жыл бұрын

I got some harp plans from that site. Lovely stuff

@danwittmayer6539 Жыл бұрын

"Jangles" can be added to each tongue for a different timber & sustain

@onsapplikasies8620 Жыл бұрын

Two thumbs up 😆

@ex-nerd Жыл бұрын

If you want to stick with the musical instrument theme, check out 6-string anglo-saxon lyres. They'd make a great project for this channel and they're pretty hard to screw up. Only "hardware" you need are 2 sets of nylon guitar strings (you use the thinnest 3 strings from each set). They're also incredibly easy/fun to play.

@JasonQuackenbushonGoogle Жыл бұрын

Agreed! The germanic style lyres are a great early music instrument without the complications of the harp. Mountain dulcimers are also a good project for learning how to bend sides and are a good second luthier project.

@marknahabedian1803 Жыл бұрын

I made a kalimba when I was in college. Mine didn't have a resonator box though. You don't need the kit if you can find enough street cleaner bristles.

@sigogglin Жыл бұрын

I would like to see you make a dulcimer in the future. The Appalachian style seems doable.

@Hansenomics Жыл бұрын

First. I can now become my inner Chopin.

@andrewbrimmer1797 Жыл бұрын

The wright hits compilation from ktell call now for yours😂

@dpmeyer4867 Жыл бұрын

nice

@JasonQuackenbushonGoogle Жыл бұрын

Wow, this is great. I've never seen someone resaw that thin before.

@JasonQuackenbushonGoogle Жыл бұрын

Why the 4.5 and not the 4 to plane the saw marked?

@WoodByWrightHowTo Жыл бұрын

I keep my four and a half set with a heavy shaving so I can take off more material quicker. And then I'll come in with my four which I keep set for fines shavings. I have a couple videos showing cutting veneer. I even have one where I made plywood from a log cutting it a lot thinner than that. Some of the really skilled woodworkers can cut wood at a 1/32" thick.

@JasonQuackenbushonGoogle Жыл бұрын

@@WoodByWrightHowTo cool, I've been trying to figure out how to cut boards thinner without having to waste a bunch away as shavings and sanding dust. I'll check out your videos on cutting veneer.

@lydiarol7892 Жыл бұрын

So what's next, a violin?

@crazyredwizard Жыл бұрын

Maybe a cajon or box drum.

@mikesuckling8652 Жыл бұрын

Great watch! I’m in the process of making my first violin. I’ve got a book on how to do that and have made the ribs and the belly so far. Wondering if you had any hints/tips/resources I could tap into?

@WoodByWrightHowTo Жыл бұрын

that is a field I have not gotten very deep into, so sorry I would not be the best for that.

@warrenmunn3224 Жыл бұрын

The Wright Tunes

@dianahenderson Жыл бұрын

I used the full kit from the same company to make a Kalimba for my granddaughter's 9th birthday...turned out really nice...but not being very musical...I don't think I ever got it tuned correctly...thinking about making another just using the basic kit like in your video...one of these days.

@nikmabc Жыл бұрын

Mostly not using hammer and nails for joinery relieved Sarah from hearing James being a thumb piano.

@standswithfish Жыл бұрын

I like thumb pianos! Have you ever built a lap harp or a mountain dulcimer?

@WoodByWrightHowTo Жыл бұрын

A mountain dulcimer's on my list for someday.

@professor62 Жыл бұрын

Very COOL project, James, combining two of my great loves-music and woodworking. Hey, I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, but did you make this instrument one month ago? B/c I believe you wrote “3-15-23” for the date on the inside. LOL Anway, great project and I enjoyed the vid very much!

@WoodByWrightHowTo Жыл бұрын

Yep. The footage is off and shot a month or more before the video goes live. Sometimes several months or a year before.

@terrysknary Жыл бұрын

James, I notice the odd number of strips and the spacing at the ends, were you missing one, I have some Pau Ferro & Quilted Maple I'll use, Thanks for the build & link !

@WoodByWrightHowTo Жыл бұрын

They are all there. I actually put one more in than most people do.

@ianpearse4480 Жыл бұрын

Are you going to try a full sized piano next? LOL.

@margaretkrantz1469 Жыл бұрын

Fun project! I've never gotten to work with quartersawn wood-- is quartersawn white oak also tricky to plane and prone to tear out?

@WoodByWrightHowTo Жыл бұрын

Cortisone White oak is a little bit easier but it's also a much harder wood so the iron needs to be sharper.

@jimko97 Жыл бұрын

Thumb Piano: Thumb included.

@JohnColgan. Жыл бұрын

nice work James. I notice you're using a brush for your epoxy glue up. Is there asolvent capable of cleaning epoxy, or throw away brushes??

@WoodByWrightHowTo Жыл бұрын

These are just recyclable brushes. I have a local source where I can buy a bag of 50 of them for $3. And because they have a metal body they can throw them in recycling can.

@multicoloredwiz Жыл бұрын

Down below.. down below!

@jonescrusher1 Жыл бұрын

How do people store those two part epoxy containers? I always make a bad mess with the nozzles clogged up.

@WoodByWrightHowTo Жыл бұрын

I just store mine on the shelf. As long as you put at least one pump through it a month they don't clog up. At least that's my experience. But if I let them sit longer than a month then it starts to crystalize in the tube.

@aleksamaker8118 Жыл бұрын

You should try making a guitar with hand tools.

@WoodByWrightHowTo Жыл бұрын

That's on the list for someday.

@amistry605 Жыл бұрын

13:50 😯

@thijspluis9998 Жыл бұрын

Hey james. I have a question about braces. Is a 4 jaw chuck a good thing or a bad thing?

@WoodByWrightHowTo Жыл бұрын

a 4 jaw means it can only use tapered square bits, but it does that well.

@thijspluis9998 Жыл бұрын

@@WoodByWrightHowTo thank you!

@negotiableaffections Жыл бұрын

Well, to think that's how Liberace started. . . [i doubt it, lol] Cool little project tho'

@maxjr758 7 ай бұрын

Link to the tuning app ?

@WoodByWrightHowTo 7 ай бұрын

I think I used this one. play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stonekick.tuner&hl=en_US&gl=US there are a bunch of them though.

@oncomics1128 Жыл бұрын

Comment down below

@MrDNG55 Жыл бұрын

Comment 😁

@codybryant8684 Жыл бұрын

I'm a fatty and can run a weed eater and still want a flame thrower so I'm not a turd

@terristroh3965 Жыл бұрын

Comment down below down below 😂

@davidlynn7161 Жыл бұрын

Comment down below and I like it.

@CLCasual Жыл бұрын

Please don't call it a thumb piano, it's like calling a flute a noise pipe

@WoodByWrightHowTo Жыл бұрын

Oddly enough, that's the most common name for it now. And it's also the name that the manufacturer uses. So I agree with you in the symbolism.