Magimba ~ Making Magnetic Kalimba ~ Musical Experimentation | Magnet Tricks

Meet the magical music box - Magimba, magnetic kalimba. Kalimba like musical instrument that utilizes magnetism in its sound generation. The whole project started by cutting the metal wand. For this step you need to install a tone recognizer app in your phone if you don’t have a proper tuner or have an absolute pitch in your ear. The metal wand I used had a width of 5 mm and thickness of 0,7 mm. Lengths of the tines that produced the major C scale C = 101 mm, D = 94 mm, E = 88 mm, F = 86 mm, G = 81 mm,