| | Folkcraft Kantele - Black Walnut Body With Engelmann Spruce Soundboard
This kantele was handmade in the United States by the two-generation team of Folkcraft luthiers.
The body of this instrument is black walnut, which not only looks great with our hand-rubbed lacquer finish, but has the most pleasing, mellow sound a person could want in a musical instrument. The soundboard we've put on this walnut kantele is made of Engelmann spruce. Engelmann spruce has long been associated with the most expensive classical guitars made, and we're pleased to offer it on a select few of our kanteles. The Engelmann spruce is mostly white in color, and looks great with the brown color of the walnut used for this instrument's body.
With fifteen strings, you get a full two octave D major scale. You could easily tune your kantele to play a two octave C major scale if you preferred.
To play the instrument, you can hold it upright against your body, with the strings facing away from you, or you can lay the instrument across your lap with the strings facing upwards. While the vertical position may be more traditional, we enjoy performing with the instrument on the lap, as this allows easy use of both hands while creating music.
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Product Specifications
Body Style: unibody
Body finish: lacquer
Tone hole: modern Celtic shield
Key: D
Dimensions
Height: 25"
Width: 17"
Body depth: 2"
Total depth: 3"
Woods
Top: Engelmann spruce
Body: black walnut
Hardware
Pins: nickel plated
Bracing: integrated internal bracing
Number of strings: 15
Bridge: maple with brass rod
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Manufacturer: "Folkcraft Kantele - Black Walnut Body With Engelmann Spruce Soundboard" was manufactured by Folkcraft Instruments, Inc..
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