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What is a kantele?

What is a kantele? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (music) A plucked string instrument (a zither) of the Baltic psaltery family, traditionally with five strings but now more widely varying, originating in the folk music of Finland, where it is seen as a national symbol.
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Antikainen J, Kantele A, Pakkanen SH, Laaveri T, Riutta J, Vaara M, et al.
Puttonen J, Kantele S, Kivikko M, Hakkinen S, Harjola VR Koskinen R et al.
Conventional wisdom has held that Sibelius did not write music for the kantele, so Suvi Grasbeck's article on his kantele music is particularly welcome.
The kantele is a traditional plucked string instrument of the dulcimer and zither family native to Finland.
If any Kantele survive, then they can zap the rescue craft with an Electro Magnetic Pulse and it will drop out of the sky like a stone.
He is a fifth-generation Finnish American player of the kantele, the Finnish psaltery.

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