My name is Gabriele Schwibach, founder and CEO of WE PLAY WELL TOGETHER, and I used to think the same thing!
That didn’t stop me from founding my company in Northern California, bringing beautiful handcrafted intuitive instruments to the US built by artisan builders in Europe where I’m from.
But this limiting belief did prevent me from playing the instruments I sold for years (and left me out of the joy and well-being playing brings), until I discovered something surprising…
Yes, I can!
And you can too.
I recently sat down with Kalani Das to talk about this journey, what I’ve learned along the way, and how anyone can make music.
About WE PLAY WELL TOGETHER:
Welcome to WE PLAY WELL TOGETHER — a certified women-owned business in Northern California bringing the world’s most beautiful artisan, hand-crafted intuitive instruments into your hands. We partner with master European builders to offer instruments that empower you to create soundscapes that heal, inspire, and transform.
Intuitive instruments widen your permission to play. There are no wrong notes — only pure expression, moment to moment. These instruments meet you where you are and invite you deeper into presence, creativity, and connection.
We curate a unique collection for Sound Baths, Sound Meditation, Sound Healing, and Sound Therapy — centering Monochords (Monolina, Monolini, KoTaMo) and featuring Kalimbas & Sansulas, Metal Tongue Gongs, Wooden Tongue Drums, Wind Chimes, and Sound Tubes from Tubular Bells to Tubular Gongs.
Our Elemental Soundscapes Collections bring these voices together. Each set is curated so every instrument harmonizes effortlessly, helping you build a personal sound toolkit that’s balanced, intuitive, and uniquely yours.
Whether you’re a sound practitioner, yogi, therapist, bodyworker, musician, or simply someone called to create with sound, your next instrument companion awaits — and longs for you.
And the best part about intuitive sound-making? It brings people together. Intuitive instruments create community: We see it every day through our gatherings, workshops, and trainings — both online and in person — where curiosity deepens into skill, and play becomes profound.
Come discover what’s possible when we play well together.
Only our monochords are currently affected by new U.S. tariffs.
To avoid raising prices, we’ve added a small surcharge at checkout to cover only what’s needed.
✔️ Standard shipping (2–3 weeks) helps reduce the fee
✔️ Express shipping (1–2 weeks) includes the full surcharge
✔️ All other instruments (Kalimbas, Chimes, Zenko) ship as usual while stock lasts
Thanks for helping us keep our small team going and our values strong!
— Gabriele & the We Play Well Together Team
No, only our monochords are currently impacted. Kalimbas, Koshi & Zaphir Chimes, and Zenko Elementals are not affected—for now, they ship as usual.
Rather than raising prices across the board, we’ve chosen to add a tariff-related surcharge at checkout—this helps us cover only the necessary costs while absorbing what we can as a small business.
Yes! If you're flexible on timing, choose Standard Delivery (2–3 weeks) and we’ll ship from our next warehouse order, which helps reduce tariff and shipping fees.
We can ship directly from Germany with Express Delivery (1–2 weeks). In that case, the full surcharge applies to cover direct costs.
Possibly. We’ll keep you informed if tariffs expand. For now, our current stock of non-monochord instruments is unaffected—but restocks might be subject to changes.
Beautiful handmade intuitive musical instruments from our hands to yours.
We are the North American distributor for feeltone, Hokema Kalimba, Metal Sounds and Klangfarben.
Whether you are a professional musician, sound practitioner, psychotherapist, music therapist, massage therapist, or someone who wants to play music for self care, we are here to help you find your perfect musical companion instrument.
WEPLAYWELLTOGETHER is a California Certified,
Woman owned small business OSDS ref# 42378.
This instrument sounds beautiful, is well-made, and is the perfect addition to my sound healing toolbox. Thank you!
I love this instrument! I love how it sounds and how easy it is to play!
Shipped fast. I am so glad I was able to find this little tool here after looking everywhere.
Enjoying my Monolini G thoroughly. I have a D Monolina and the addition of the Monolini added another dimension to my playing experience. The D has a rich, grounding tonality and the G compliments that richness with bringing what feels like (to me) a richer expression, adding another range of subtlety and overtones. Beautiful!
Sounded utterly enchanting right out of the box!
The tones of this chime are beautiful. I have it hanging where I can walk by and play it often.
The items arrived in a timely fashion. Thanks for a smooth transaction!
the craftsmanship, (and craftswomanship) is incredible, and her sound. so resonant and otherworldly. I'm so happy with my new Monolina in G. I can't wait to play her for my community. Thank you Gabriele for your outstanding customer service.
This has such a lovely sound! I can’t wait to start learning how to play!
A few years ago I became casually interested in the Kalimba because of its simplicity of design and playability. Without experience or a good point of reference I needed to taste a lot of flavors to sort out the choices. For a while, my discards kept the local Goodwill store supplied with inventory.
The feeding frenzy stopped when I discovered Hokema. Build and material quality is professional grade. The tines are not stiff, so you can play at any intensity without stressing a thumb nails. Resonance from the solid wood base and the resulting sustain are simply stunning. Even the high notes sing, unlike the flat 'tapping an aluminum pan' sound from my discards.
I first purchased the B-17, and later the smaller B-17 Mini. Comments above apply to both. There is no problem holding, playing, or carrying around either instrument. The Mini's smaller footprint might be more comfortable for small hands. I just like the smaller package. Because the B-17's wood block is wider, it has more space between the tines. Both instruments appear to use the same tine assembly materials, but the Mini has a shorter cross bar. The Mini's tine spacing is grouped, but they can be adjusted to make the spacing more uniform like the B-17. In that mode, even with the smaller block the tine spacing is noticeably wider than some other Kalimbas I've tried. My thumbs are average width for a 5'8" person and my nails are normally rounded (not pointed), and I have no trouble playing individual notes.
Tablature is available around the net for 17-key Kalimbas (RiffSpot has a nice ebook), so you can play tunes without reading music on both the B-17 and B-17 Mini.
Hokema kalimbas are as nice sounding as any I have ever heard. WPWT provides fast shipping and quick responses to inquires.
Perfect size and super protective plus very light!
Enjoyable to use and very good quality for more percussive techniques.
These chimes are exquisite, and We Play Well Together is a great company to purchase from.
Highly recommended!
