kantele

kantele, kannel puhekieltä A plucked string instrument (a zither) of the (w) 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.2003. https://books.google.com/books?id=pJvzEzjahkQC&pg=PA440&dq=kantele&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAWoVChMIkKDM2rigyAIVgnE-Ch2paA9Pv=onepage&q=kantele&f=false "Kantele". Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Pg. 440.
1989, (w), translating Elias Lönnrot, The Kalevala, XLIV:

With his fingers Väinämöinen played / with its strings the kantele rang out ….