Kantele (Traditional Finnish plucked psaltery)
~ Saiteninstrument
Beschreibung
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.
Beziehungen
| von: | Finnland |
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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) |
| Teil von: | baltische Psalter (Family of Baltic box-zithers) |
| Wikidata: | Q145840 [Info] |
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| Informationsseite: | http://www.kantele.net/ [Info] |