Hokema Sansula Renaissance

This is a truly delicate sounding instrument. Imagine going into a secret room that nobody but you knows about, a place where your soul can be renewed as you surround your mind and heart with mystical beauty. That's what playing this instrument feels like!

When you purchase your Sansula, you have the option of adding the $20 book and CD for only $10.

The coolest thing about the Sansula is the way it produces the "wah wah" sound. On the Hugh Tracey kalimba, the wah is produced by covering and uncovering the sound holes to change the resonant frequency of the sound box. The Sansula is mounted on the head of a small drum which serves as the resonant cavity, and the resonance is altered when you hold it firmly against a flat surface or if you tilt it off of that surface. (Please don't beat on the drum, as this instrument is very delicate and will break if you misuse it.) So, you get the wah-wah effect by lifting it up and putting it back down on a table, or a board or book on your lap.

The Sansula Renaissance - mounted on a Remo drum head - can produce the wah in a different way - you press down on the kalimba relative to the drum frame, the frame moves a bit, and some of the notes will experience the WAH effect!

We'll post some video of the Sansula Renaissance soon!