Vielle à roue en guitare
Alternate name(s)
- Hurdy-gurdy
Date1750-1781 ca.
Place MadeMirecourt, France, Europe
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DescriptionThe hurdy-gurdy was very popular in France in the seventeenth and eighteen centuries, and remained in use in the folk tradition in the nineteenth century. This instrument is typical of the fashion for guitar-shaped instruments in the middle of the eighteenth century.
2 melody strings and 2 drone strings
Guitar-shaped body
Spruce top
Maple back and sides
Maple head
Maple keybox
Ebony-veneered tailpiece with double bone strip inlay
Rosewood pegs with ivory pins
Ebony and bone keys
Iron crank with ivory handle
Ivory endpin
DimensionsLength (without crank): 640 mm
Body depth: 105 mm
Length of keybox: 300 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01284
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1680-1730 ca.