Bassot Hurdy-Gurdy
date: label: date made
content: 1775 - 1808
notes: label: Description
content: This hurdy-gurdy was made by Joseph Bassot, Mirecourt/Paris, France, around 1775-1808. It has 6 strings (2 melody with chromatic scale - 4 drones) and 23 keys. The instrument is made of yellow varnished maple body with ebony veneers on keybox and tailpiece. Ebony inlay around edge. Woodburned "BASSOT" on keybox side.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
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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.094866
label: accession number
content: 23899
label: catalog number
content: 94866
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: mother of pearl (pegs material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in x 25 in; 17.78 cm x 63.5 cm