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Hurdy-gurdy
This French hurdy-gurdy has a body made of strips of alternating light and dark wood, with the soundboard of spruce. The scroll of the instrument is carved with a woman's head. Some of the tuning pegs are later replacements.
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1775–9 - Maker:
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Cliffe Castle Museum - Inventory number:
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France - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:321.322-7 Necked box lutes or necked guitars sounded by bowing
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:321.322-7 Necked box lutes or necked guitars sounded by bowing
- Repository:Cliffe Castle Museum