Musical Instrument Blog #1

So, I've been looking around for a good instrument that has distinct notes that could accompany like a guitar or something well and just be that sweet, higher pitched aspect to a song. I was thinking along the lines of a piano, but that would be far to complicated to make. However, I do know about African Thumb Pianos. I have one in my house. Basically, you play it by striking metal strips that are attached to some type of hollow wood (like a cigar box). The struck metal makes a resonance that plays the tune. Different types of wood and shapes of it make different resonances, and different types of metal and lengths also affects to resonance and frequency. The sound is then released through a hole in the hollow wood.