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HOKEMA Kalimbas - the sound of your hands.
HOKEMA has stood for high-quality musical instruments since 1985. In the small town of Walsrode in Lower Saxony, the company develops and produces unique sound wonders: Kalimba and Sansula
Warm, soft and gently relaxing, their tones are just as harmonious on their own as they are when played with other instruments. Anyone can make music with the handy kalimbas. The tuned scales create particularly beautiful melodies that are simply enchanting. This is also what happened to founder Peter Hokema, who tried out different instruments with passion while studying music. He discovered the traditional African plucked instruments.
The breakthrough came in 2001 when Peter Hokema invented the Sansula. An oval wooden frame covered with a drum skin, in the middle of which a small kalimba is suspended, swinging freely. The sounds were immediately impressive and a patent was filed for the instrument. Today, the second-generation family business with 13 employees is one of the world's leading manufacturers of beautiful, easy-to-play kalimbas in various models. They are made by hand from high-quality materials such as cherry wood exclusively in Germany and with German suppliers. The energy for this is generated in a resource-saving manner from the company's own photovoltaic system on the roof of the production facility in Walsrode.
HOKEMA has stood for high-quality musical instruments since 1985. In the small town of Walsrode in Lower Saxony, the company develops and produces unique sound wonders: Kalimba and Sansula
Warm, soft and gently relaxing, their tones are just as harmonious on their own as they are when played with other instruments. Anyone can make music with the handy kalimbas. The tuned scales create particularly beautiful melodies that are simply enchanting. This is also what happened to founder Peter Hokema, who tried out different instruments with passion while studying music. He discovered the traditional African plucked instruments.
The breakthrough came in 2001 when Peter Hokema invented the Sansula. An oval wooden frame covered with a drum skin, in the middle of which a small kalimba is suspended, swinging freely. The sounds were immediately impressive and a patent was filed for the instrument. Today, the second-generation family business with 13 employees is one of the world's leading manufacturers of beautiful, easy-to-play kalimbas in various models. They are made by hand from high-quality materials such as cherry wood exclusively in Germany and with German suppliers. The energy for this is generated in a resource-saving manner from the company's own photovoltaic system on the roof of the production facility in Walsrode.