Hokema Sansulas - Kalimbas mounted on a wood frame
For sound baths, sound healing, yoga, and meditation, the Hokema Sansula is the gold standard. Known for its ethereal “wah-wah” resonance and long-lasting overtones, it creates an immersive sound bath experience effortlessly.
- Sansula Basic: The original “Sound Wonder” with a delicate cellulose membrane for crystalline clarity.
- Sansula Renaissance: Featuring a durable REMO drum skin, this model is moisture-resistant and perfect for travel or professional therapy sessions.
- Sansula Deluxe: The connoisseur’s choice, fitted with a natural goat-skin head and tension screws for the warmest, most grounded vibrational frequencies.
- The Sansula Renaissance is also available with a B11 (G-Major) tuning: Sansula Renaissance Melody
The default tuning for our Sansulas is 440Hz A-minor.
Looking for a different tuning to match your other instruments? We offer Sansulas in all Soundscape tunings — A-minor, F-Major, D-minor, and C-Major — in either 432Hz or 440Hz.
If you would like to create your own tuning, we have a tuning tool and tuning templates for you.
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Matching Sansulas for your A-minor, C-Major, G-Major and D-minor Sets
Whether you’re a musician on stage, a sound healer offering a sound bath, or someone who simply wants to quickly grab a few instruments that harmon...
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Hokema - Sansula Basic
Sansula Basic Kalimba – Delicate, Dreamy Sound in A Minor Ethereal, floating sound with a rich 'wah-wah' effect — produced by holding the instrume...
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Hokema - Sansula Renaissance
Sansula Renaissance in A Minor – Robust, Resonant, and Ready to Travel Fitted with a robust and durable Remo (USA) drum skin — moisture-resistant ...
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Hokema - Sansula Deluxe
Sansula Deluxe Kalimba – Goatskin Drum Head and Adjustable Frame for Warm, Expressive Sound Fitted with a natural goatskin hide for a richer, warm...
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Hokema Kalimbas - Sansula Renaissance Melody
Sansula Renaissance Melody | G-Major Kalimba with Remo Skin The Sansula is an oval wooden frame covered with a drum skin that resonates to the ton...
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Sansula Add on
Sansula Add-On Bundle | Essential Accessories Padded Protective Bag: A fiberglass-reinforced soft case with an adjustable shoulder strap. Features...
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Hokema - Sansula Softbag 9 tine
Sansula Soft Bag – Lightweight, Padded, and Durable Protection We recommend the Sansula soft bag in order to adequately protect the vulnerable memb...
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The Sansula Instruction Book- in english from Conny Sommer
The Sansula is a very special instrument. Its unique resonance system and the outstanding workmanship makes it the perfect Kalimba, which through ...
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Tuning Tool for the Hokema Kalimbas
Key Features:- Made of high-grade steel- 13 cm long (approx. 5'')- Indentation at one end for easy grip- Reduces risk of damage while tuningTo use,...
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Hokema - Sansula Melody Softbag 11 tine
Our Sansula Melody Softbag is designed to adequately protect the vulnerable membrane of the Sansula during storage and transport. This bag fits the...
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Sansula Deluxe Bundle
Sansula Deluxe Bundle – Your Complete Starter Kit Everything you need to start playing the Sansula right away. Combine your Sansula Deluxe with a s...
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Sansula Renaissance Bundle
Sansula Renaissance Bundle – Your Complete Starter Kit Everything you need to start playing the Sansula right away. Combine your Sansula Renaissanc...
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How the Sansula gives you creative permission
Last month's Kalimba Campfire virtual gathering featured Broadway Composer, Performer, and performance coach Will Reynolds, said an instrument such as a Sansula is a "key for unlocking creative permissions".
Why is a Sansula soo great for this? Because with a limited number of notes, it actually encourages creativity.
Play a Tango Rhythm Sansula with Composer Matt Levine!
It's always thrilling to us when composers and multi-instrumentals who already have massive instrument collections are surprised and delighted working with our instruments! Our friend Matt Levine just added the Hokema Kalimba Sansula Deluxe to his compositional toolbox.
Read on to watch a fun tutorial video on how he personally approaches the Sansula, how anyone can instantly make music with it, and how playing the two rows of metal tines are for him like the "inhale and exhale" of each breath. He then demonstrates playing the Sansula (tuned to A minor) with a tango rhythm.
Join Us at the Kalimba Campfire
- A Monthly Social Audio Play Gathering First Wednesday of the month live on Zoom and Clubhouse App
- Gather 'round our "campfire of the imagination" — a cozy online gathering hosted by Wellness Percussion teacher Brandon Blake. Bring your kalimba (or any instrument) and play, share, or simply listen as we explore sound together.
- Held monthly on Zoom and Clubhouse, the Kalimba Campfire is a welcoming space for all levels — from first-time players to experienced sound healers. It's sometimes silly, often profound, and always full of heart
30-minute free-form set improvised layers of voice over the Hokema Sansula using a live looper - by Sri Kala
On March 5th, 2025 on our Kalimba Campfire online meetup, we were absolutely enchanted by our featured guest Sri Kala who wowed us with a 30-minute free-form set where he improvised layers of voice over his Hokema Sansula using a live looper.
Not only is this video fun to listen to and fascinating to watch, many people vocalized along with him during the live session, and we highly encourage you to do the same when you're listening to the edited replay.
Sansula Fun with the Singing Zoologist
Man, oh, man: must watch!
The Singing Zoologist befriended us when he started using Sansulas in his children's educational video channel "Science Up!" on YouTube. It was then we discovered his puppet masterpiece music video: The Cheetah Song. Basically a video teaching kids about the hunting habits of carnivores, it's a silly delight from beginning to end and a profound-play work of puppetry art.
Masterful Mbira Player Kevin Nathaniel's Insight on Circular Kalimba Playing
We've been honored to have NYC-based musical artist Kevin Nathaniel join us twice now as special guest for the Kalimba Campfire meetup. Each time Kevin brings a wealth of insight to share with us about traditional mbira playing from Africa, and the various styles of instruments, tuning, and playing techniques with roots in different African countries that influenced the Kalimba from Hokema that we bring to the United States.
In this recent session that took place on October 1st, 2025, Kevin talks about the spiral-like pattern of the kalimba layout and how this also ties to circle-singing. Watch this highlight video with Kevin's fascinating explainers and joyous playing examples:
