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Hurdy-gurdies

Scope note

Mechanically bowed portable chordophones having a set of melody and drone strings, a resin-coated wood wheel rotated by a crank to bow the strings, and a keyboard with tangents that bear on the melody strings when depressed. NGDMI

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300042179

Broader Terms used

fiddles

Equivalent Terms used

hurdy-gurdy

Created

13yrs ago

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