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Description: | The kokle is used in Latvian folk ensembles to accompany singing, and with other instruments, dancing. It has strong associations with Latvian musical heritage, and is considered by some to be the national instrument. The strings of the kokle are plucked with the fingers of the right hand, and dampened with those of the left hand. Sometimes a plectrum is used to increase the volume. It is played seated, resting on the knees or on a table.
Kokle, box zither or psaltery. The back and sides in the form of an irregular trapezium are carved from a single piece of lime wood. The sound-board is of spruce with three decorated roses. The saddle holding the metal tailpiece bar and the finial are of apple wood, as is the key for turning the tuning pegs. Thirteen wire strings are attached to the tailpiece at one end and to rear-entrant sagittal tuning pegs at the other. The strings are arranged in a divergent pattern. The instrument is covered with incised decoration in traditional patterns.
caption: General view of object no. M5-1979. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | psalteries cotton Latvian Communities wood metal 314.122-5 True board zithers with resonator box (box zither) sounded with the bare fingers London's Smaller Communities metal thread box zithers Greater London | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-12356 | Go to resource |
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