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Played on a 10-string kantele with bronze strings and a 5-string kantele with viscose strings. Both instruments are made by Rauno Nieminen. The 5-string kantele is a replica of an instrument from Northern Ostrobothnia made by H. Ropponen in 1893. Probably A. O. Väisänen bought it, and now it belongs to the Folklife archives of the University of Tampere and is kept in Kaustinen. The kantele is hollowed out from below of a solid piece of aspen, and it is very light. The original instrument has steel strings,
