kantele (Traditional Finnish plucked psaltery)
~ String instrument
Description
Traditional and mythological psaltery of Finland, it comes in two versions; the oldest, a one piece bridge-less psaltery with 5 to 20 originally horsehair, later metal, strings and a modern "Concert" box-zither variant with a switch mechanism to alter the up to 40 strings sharps and flats.
Relationships
| from: | Finland |
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| related instruments: | kanklės (Traditional Lithuanian plucked psaltery) kokle (Traditional Latvian plucked psaltery) |
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| related instruments: | gusli (Traditional Russian plucked psaltery) kannel (Traditional Estonian plucked psaltery) |
| part of: | Baltic psalteries (Family of Baltic box-zithers) |
| Wikidata: | Q145840 [info] |
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| information page: | http://www.kantele.net/ [info] |