Hurdy-Gurdy
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This hurdy-gurdy was made by an unknown maker, provenance unknown, probably in the 19th century. It has 3 strings (1 melody - 2 drones), and 9 keys.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This instrument was acquired through exchange from the Lubny Museum of Ukraine, in 1896. The Lubny Museum was founded by Katerina Mikolaivna Skarzhynskaya (neé Reiser) and her husband N. G. Skarzhynski in 1874. The couple continued to amass collections through 1881. The Lubny Museum was a private museum with free admission. In 1905 the collections were given to the Poltava Regional Museum.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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.
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Lubny Museum
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.096465
label: accession number
content: 30688
label: catalog number
content: 96465
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hurdy-gurdy
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gut (strings material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (strings material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 3/4 in x 22 1/8 in x 10 1/4 in; 17.145 cm x 56.1975 cm x 26.035 cm