Hurdy-Gurdy

Unknown maker

Medium: Wood, metal
Dimensions: Total length (without crank) 64.4 cm., Width of upper bouts: 17.8 cm. middle bouts: 10.7 cm. lower bouts: 21.8 cm. Total depth 13.8 cm., Friction wheel diameter 9.8 cm., Keyboard span approx. 27.0 cm., Vibration length of strings approx. 43.0 cm.
Culture: German?
Department: Musical Instruments
Classification: Chordophone-Bowed keyboard
Dated: 1794
Pixels: 476 × 184
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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. 1794. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.