{"id":54,"date":"2026-05-14T16:14:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T23:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blessleyinstruments.com\/?page_id=54"},"modified":"2026-05-14T16:47:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T23:47:43","slug":"finnish-kanteles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blessleyinstruments.com\/?page_id=54","title":{"rendered":"Finnish Kanteles"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"paragraph_style_1\"><span class=\"style_3\">Blessley Instruments\u2019 Finnish Kanteles!<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_1\"><span class=\"style_3\">First described in the Kalevala epic, the kantele is the Finnish national instrument, and has <\/span><span class=\"style_3\">been played for centuries.\u00a0 It is a terrific instrument for a beginning musician, and is\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"style_3\">easy to learn to play, as the tradition is improvisation!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_1\"><span class=\"style_3\">Basic playing instructions, a tuning key and a small tune book are include<\/span><span class=\"style_3\">d with each instrument.\u00a0 Online lessons (Zoom) are available with Valerie.\u00a0 Sharping levers can be added for an extra fee, and kantele cases are available for purchase.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_1\"><span class=\"style_3\">Blessley Instruments is happy to offer four different models, as pictured:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_1\"><span class=\"style_4\">The 5 string, the 10 string<\/span><span class=\"style_3\">, t<\/span><span class=\"style_4\">he 11+4<\/span><span class=\"style_3\"> (with a bass chord), and t<\/span><span class=\"style_4\">he Virsikantele<\/span><span class=\"style_3\">\u00a0(hymn kantele).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Kanteles can be made from the following woods:\u00a0 Alder, Maple, Cherry, and Black Walnut.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blessley Instruments\u2019 Finnish Kanteles! First described in the Kalevala epic, the kantele is the Finnish national instrument, and has been played for centuries.\u00a0 It is a terrific instrument for a beginning musician, and is\u00a0easy to learn to play, as the tradition is improvisation! Basic playing instructions, a tuning key and a small tune book are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-54","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessleyinstruments.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessleyinstruments.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessleyinstruments.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessleyinstruments.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessleyinstruments.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blessleyinstruments.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61,"href":"https:\/\/blessleyinstruments.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54\/revisions\/61"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessleyinstruments.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}