Junkyard Jam Band by David Erik Nelson

Author:David Erik Nelson
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: No Starch Press, Inc.
Published: 2016-04-29T04:00:00+00:00

FIGURE 11-24: A pentatonic Twang & Roar Kalimba (left) and a diatonic one (right). Note the tighter tine spacing on the diatonic kalimba.

If you’re going fully chromatic, consider busting completely out of the Twang & Roar mold. The 5-inch-wide cigar box is pretty constrained, and the 1.44 mm music wire has a relatively limited acoustically usable range. For an optimal, fully chromatic, electro-acoustic kalimba, you’ll need a wider cigar box, a longer saddle and bridge (anchored at either end and in the middle), and a whole new magnetic pickup design. The pickup should be longer, with several magnets evenly spaced along its length, more like a modern multi-magnet guitar pickup. A chunky “hard drive salvage” pickup, like the one described at the end of the Playing-Card Pickup chapter (Project 9), might work here. You’ll also want to go with beefier tine material, such as those street-sweeper bristles or sections cut from an electrician’s flatsteel fish tape (a tool sold at most hardware stores and used to pull wires through walls and conduit).

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