Hurdy-gurdy

'A small sized instrument of the guitar shaped model. Belly and bakc of mahogany, the former with a barber's pole edging of ebony and ivory. Sides of rosewood, The keybod is stamped with the same bell-shaped motif as 6/1 [hurdy-gurdy, French, 17th century, stamed I.,/I. or P? Louvet and twice with the maker's name. The name is also stamped under the body, inside the lid (twice in each case), the keybox, is richly carved with interlacing stems and scallop-shells, and the finial has the form of a womnan's head waering a fancy Turkish head-dress. The tailpiece wheel-guard and keybox lid are of ebony with ivory stringing; the first and last of these also have small inlaid mother-of-pearl panels. Six pegs. Anthony Baines: Catalogue of Musical Instruments in the Victoria and Albert Museum: Part II: Non-keyboard instruments (London, 1998), p. 80.