Hurdy-Gurdy
Object type: Hurdy-Gurdy
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: German?
Date: 19th century
Medium: Wood, various materials.
Dimensions: Total length (wthout crank)  62.5 cm., Body length  44.1 cm.,
Width of	upper bouts:  19.8 cm.
	middle bouts: 17.3 cm.
	lower bouts:  27.1 cm.
Total depth:  18.3 cm., Depth of ribs:  upper  9.3 cm., lower 10.1 cm.; Friction wheel diameter  13.8 cm., Keyboard span approx.  24.0 cm., Vibration length of strings approx.  35.0 cm.
Classification: Chordophone-Bowed keyboard
Geography:     Germany?  
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession year: 1889