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
When this was done, Wainamoinen called for his kantele and bade them light torches, as it was already dark.
From Finnish Legends for English Children by Eivind, R.
So Wainamoinen went up to her and begged her to give him some of her golden tresses, from which to weave the five strings for the kantele.
From Finnish Legends for English Children by Eivind, R.
But he only raked up shells and seaweed, and found no trace of the kantele.
From Finnish Legends for English Children by Eivind, R.
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