page_title: Kantele
hierarchical_section_title: Kantele
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: 5- und 10saitige Kantele von Melodia Soitin, Finnland.English: 5- and 10-string kantele. Maker: Melodia Soitin, Finland.
context_page_description: A kantele is a traditional Finnish and Karelian plucked string instrument belonging to the south east Baltic box zither family known as the Baltic psaltery along with Estonian kannel, Latvian kokles, Lithuanian kanklės and Russian gusli.
context_section_description: A kantele (Finnish: [ˈkɑntele]) is a traditional Finnish and Karelian plucked string instrument (chordophone)  belonging to the south east Baltic box zither family known as the Baltic psaltery along with Estonian kannel, Latvian kokles, Lithuanian kanklės and Russian gusli.
caption: 10-stringed and 5 stringed kanteles by Melodia Soitin (2014).
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