Hurdy-gurdy

Hurdy-gurdy in lute-form. Six strings originally. Front slightly arched, mahogany, with two C-shaped soundholes at tail. Front pegged to two transverse frames, their ends double-pegged through edge ribs of back. Back of thirteen ribs of alternately figured maple and a black (?stained) wood. Pegbox of service-wood or pear. Recessed panels in front and sides of pegbox, with scallop-shells in low relief at lower ends. Pearwood keybox sides. Ebony sliders with bone touch-pieces for accidentals. Sliders drilled for two chanterelles. Walnut wheel-cover veneered in ebony framed with double lines of bone, enclosing five mother-of-pearl inlays. Paired ivory hitchplates for drones. Thirteen sliders for naturals, ten for accidentals.