I was visiting Lapland lately and while going through old and new garbage at a local flea market I found this junk treasure:
It is an old (supposely made in 60´s) 32-string kantele. Normally I would pay very little attention to such thing but this one was a robust, broken piece which resonates nicely and was way out of tune. I instantly fell in love with the 'broken sound' of it (and the low price of 40 euros). It needs a little repair and a few extra strings but after that it will be nice little noise maker (it is quite large actually). Lovely!UPDATE: You can hear results here
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hope to hear you playing this instrument soon.
Yeah, me too. It is still at my parents´ house in Lapland because it was too large and heavy to carry on a train. Hope to get it in may. You WILL hear it.
this is awesome! did i tell you i just buy a toy piano at a flea market ? now i feel like i am John Cage ...
Right yeah. Dysfunctional and seriously out-of-tune instruments are the most interesting ones. Battery operated kid toys are funny when they are running out of battery power, you never know what kind of bleeping and buzzing they make.
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