Koistinen Kantele Ltd. is a Finnish family business which makes versatile collection of kanteles - the national instrument of Finland (related to zither and dulcimer). Koistinen Kantele is the largest manufacturer of kanteles, and the company’s history dates back to 1957. Koistinen Kantele's instruments are recognized for their unique, pure sound which has developed as a result of devoted work during almost 60 years: They have created the new sound and the standard of kantele as a premium quality instrument which can be used on any venue. The collection of their instruments includes top professional, concert kanteles as well as kanteles suitable for early beginners. Koistinen Kantele has also modernised small kanteles (from 5 up to 15 strings) and combined them into a fun and easy instrument family which are used to teach the basics of music learning and composing for small children.