Hurdy-Gurdy

Unknown maker

Medium: Wood, ivory, metal
Dimensions: Total length (without crank) 60.3 cm., Body length 46.0 cm., Width (widest point) 28.4 cm., Total depth 20.7 cm., Friction wheel diameter 16.4 cm., Keyboard span 25.1 cm., Vibratiion length of strings: chantarelles--approx. 32.2 cm., others--approx. 35.0 cm.
Culture: French
Department: Musical Instruments
Classification: Chordophone-Bowed keyboard
Dated: second half 18th century
Pixels: 1888 × 1492
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Open Access, Creative Commons Zero (CC0). Flagged isPublicDomain=true in the museum's own record.

Hurdy-Gurdy. second half 18th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.