kantele
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Plucked phrases on the kantele and the strings seem at once delicately spiritual and skittishly angular.
From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2018
“The bass strings are something like rain; the small strings talk like a whisper,” a vocal quartet sings delicately above trilling strings and piccolo, while the kantele creates a resonant cascade of sound.
From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2018
And then the music ceased, and Wainamoinen laid the kantele aside and said: 'Is there any one here who can gather up my teardrops from the sea?'
From Finnish Legends for English Children by Eivind, R.
And if I could string the quivering kantele, I would play on it a melody to my song.
From The Song of the Blood-Red Flower by Linnankoski, Johannes
In a corner hung a kantele, the instrument to which the Finns sing their famous songs as described.
From Through Finland in Carts by Alec-Tweedie, Mrs. (Ethel)
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