Simple thumb piano, also known as a Kalimba or Karimba, made from wood a wood base and metal tines. The base consists of a single piece of wood which has been carved into a slightly flared rectangular shape, the center of the wood has been carved thin and mostly flat and has a single hole in the center; there are thin walls left on the right and left sides which are approximately 1.5 cm high and an approximately 2.5 cm long block left at the top to help secure the metal tines, the bottom end of the base is left open. There are 13 metal tines of varying widths which are attached via metal wire woven between small holes in the wooden base and a thin metal cylinder at the edge of the block at the top of the base. The tops of the tines rest on the wooden block at the top of the base; the tines are further supported by a thin metal bar situated approximately 2 cm down from the wooden block.