Hurdy-Gurdy
Object type: Hurdy-Gurdy
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: German?
Date: 1794
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.
Classification: Chordophone-Bowed keyboard
Geography:     Germany?  
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession year: 1889