Editing Mbira (section)

===Related instruments===
[[Image:Sanza.jpg|thumb|200px|Sanza]]
[[File:Gravikord.JPG|thumb|125px|Signature Series Gravikord]]

Instruments related to or inspired by the mbira include:

* [[Array mbira]], a modern invention consisting of as many as 150 tines configured in a special order based on the [[circle of fifths]] (see [[Isomorphic keyboard]]). 
* [[Gravikord]], an electrified double harp that is a modern [[Kora (instrument)|kora]] and kalimba hybrid, inspired by the [[cross rhythm]]s of the mbira. The Gravikord was invented in 1986 by Bob Grawi, an American musician and artist. It is also tuned in the key of G major/E minor in an extended version of the Hugh Tracey kalimba tone layout with a range of {{frac|3|1|2}} octaves. Music and playing techniques learned on this kalimba can be easily transferred and played on the Gravikord.
* [[Guitaret]], an [[electric lamellophones|electric lamellophone]] made by [[Hohner]] and invented by [[Ernst Zacharias]], in 1963.
* [[Ikembe]], an instrument common among the [[Hutu]] of [[Rwanda]], [[Burundi]], and eastern [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|DR Congo]].
* Modern kalimba, the mbira inspired instruments of Hugh Tracey. Named after the original kalimba (ancestor of mbira).
* [[Kisanji]] among [[Lingala language|Ngala-speaking]] people of western [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|DR Congo]] and eastern [[Republic of the Congo|Congo Republic]].
* [[Thoom Otieno]] (also tom, thom or toom), popular in [[Gambela Region]], in Western Ethiopia on the border of South Sudan.
* [[Marímbula]] (also Marimból), a bass instrument used in the Caribbean and Mexico.