Name: The kantele is a chordophone originating from Finland, played by plucking or strumming its strings
      Classified as: Hornbostel-Sachs 314.122
      Description: The kantele is composed of a wooden body with anywhere from five to forty strings attached (the oldest variations have five to six strings, while the modern kanteles can have up to forty). It is tuned to the diatonic scale.

      Origin: The kantele was created in Finland about 2,000 years ago (exact inventor unknown)
      History: The older kanteles consisted of five horsehair strings and a wooden body made from a single piece of wood. In the 19th century, larger kanteles (box kanteles) were developed to play modern music. Paul Salminen created a kantele with halftone mechanics in the 1920’s.

      Similar to: kannel, kokles, kanklės, gusli
      Families: Baltic box zither family, Baltic psalteries

      External links: The Kantele, kantele.net
      Example uses: Memory of music, Stringed Things

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              Name: The kantele is a chordophone originating from Finland, played by plucking or strumming its strings
              Classified as: Hornbostel-Sachs 314.122
              Description: The kantele is composed of a wooden body with anywhere from five to forty strings attached (the oldest variations have five to six strings, while the modern kanteles can have up to forty). It is tuned to the diatonic scale.

              Origin: The kantele was created in Finland about 2,000 years ago (exact inventor unknown)
              History: The older kanteles consisted of five horsehair strings and a wooden body made from a single piece of wood. In the 19th century, larger kanteles (box kanteles) were developed to play modern music. Paul Salminen created a kantele with halftone mechanics in the 1920’s.

              Similar to: kannel, kokles, kanklės, gusli
              Families: Baltic box zither family, Baltic psalteries

              External links: The Kantele, kantele.net
              Example uses: Memory of music, Stringed Things

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