Rote learning

My thanks to Janice, who forwarded a link to a website that offers various models of rote for sale. Click the link to view (and listen to!) plucked stringed instruments that may resemble those used to accompany the Breton lais. Note, however, that these models are described as "Saxon" or "Germanic" rotes, based on historical finds from East Anglia and the Black Forest, respectively; as such, they may differ from the instruments played by the Celts of (Great) Britain or (Little) Brittany.