Bassot Hurdy-Gurdy
date: label: date made
content: early 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: This hurdy-gurdy was made by Bassot in Mirecourt or Paris, France. early 19th century. It has 6 strings (2 melody, 4 drones), and 23 keys.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Louisa A. Ketcham
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.096637
label: accession number
content: 32522
label: catalog number
content: 96637
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hurdy-gurdy
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: maple (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ebony (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: walnut (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: bone (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 10 3/8 in x 26 1/2 in; 19.05 cm x 26.3525 cm x 67.31 cm