Hurdy-Gurdy
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This hurdy-gurdy was made by an unknown maker in Italy, 19th century. It has 4 strings (1 melody - 3 drones), and 12 keys. This instrument has a printed Luigi Landi label. This instrument was acquired from Leopoldo Franciolini in 1892.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Leopoldo Franciolini (1844–1920) was an Italian antique dealer who flourished in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is remembered as a fraudster who sold faked and altered historical musical instruments.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Italy
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Densmore, Frances. Handbook of the Collection of Musical Instruments in the United States National Museum.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.095256
label: accession number
content: 26256
label: catalog number
content: 95256
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hurdy-gurdy
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gut (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 26 in x 6 in; 66.04 cm x 15.24 cm