Title: Hurdy-Gurdy
Object type: Hurdy-Gurdy
Date: second half 18th century
Culture: French
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.
Classification: Chordophone-Bowed keyboard
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Geography:     France      
Department: Musical Instruments
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY