Gourd Thumb Piano Blankets Traditionally as dancers grow older

Traditionally as dancers grow older and their technical abilities improve

this playful duck adds a joyful

These will be the perfect addition to your festival wardrobe but would look equally great paired with tights and chunky boots

but there is more of a knack to playing them

These stripy trousers boast four pockets - two side pockets and two zipped leg pockets

Gourd Thumb Piano Blankets Traditionally as dancers grow olderThis thumb piano has seven metal keys or tines set onto a beautifully hand carved piano board. This is then attached to a coconut half shell which acts as a resonating chamber. As the player strikes a tine with their thumb the vibration produced in turn causes the tine's neighbours to vibrate resulting in a wonderfully complex set of tones. The tines can also be tuned by loosening the screws and changing the length of the metal. Traditionally, African