El kankles kayan kida ne mai asali Lituweniyanci na dangin zither. Kayan aikin yayi kama da gini da asali zuwa ga kokle na Latvian, gusli na Rasha, da kanel na Finnish.
An gina jikin Kankles daga katako ɗaya na trapezoidal na katako, ana huda shi don rami. Ana amfani da takaddar sirara na katako mai raɗaɗi (gabaɗaya spruce) don yin katakon sauti, wanda ke rufe jiki.
Ramin sauti, wanda a al'adance yana ɗaukar siffar fure mai salo ko tauraruwa, ana yanke su cikin allon sauti, wanda ke ba da damar yin sautin a waje.
An haɗa sandar ƙarfe zuwa gaƙuntar gefen jiki, wanda aka haɗa igiyoyin waya ko hanji a ciki. Endsarshen ƙarshen sarƙoƙi an haɗe su a jere na daidaitattun fil da aka saka a cikin ramuka a gefen kishiyar jiki.
Nau'in yanki
A Lithuania, akwai yankuna uku na asali na Kankles, kodayake akwai bambance-bambance tsakanin kowane nau'i da wasu yankuna masu juye-juye. Kowane nau'i yana da nasa fasahar wasa.
Aukstaitija
Mafi sauƙin tsari kuma mafi tsufa, galibi yana da sarƙoƙi guda biyar, kuma yana da ƙira kamar jirgi.
Maemaitija
Da ɗan girma fiye da Aukštaitija, yawanci yana da tsakanin kirtani takwas da goma sha biyu. Suna da ƙasan lebur, kuma a wasu yanayi an sassaka gajeriyar ƙarshen da sifa irin ta tsuntsu ko ta wutsiyar kifi.
Suvalkija
Yawancin lokaci nau'ikan da aka fi ado sosai waɗanda ake amfani da su a cikin shagali galibi suna dogara ne da wannan nau'ikan. Babban shahararren fasalin shine ganowar wani adadi mai karkacewa da aka sassaka zuwa jikin kayan aikin kuma wani lokacin zagaye mafi kankantar sashin jiki. Wadannan kayan aikin gaba ɗaya suna da tsakanin kirtani tara zuwa goma sha uku.