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Description: | Hurdy-gurdy, the body of guitar outline, with a flat back. The instrument is pegged for six strings; two of the four drones remain on either side of the neck and there are two stopped strings. Barber's pole edging trims the light wood table and back. The ribs are of a darker wood. Two fretworked, c-shaped sound holes are at the base of the sound table, either side of the central bridge. The neck contains the playing action which is covered by a hinged lid of black wood, probably ebony. Tangents operating the playing action are in two rows to the right of the neck. The peg box terminates in a finial carved in the shape of a human head. The strings are played by a wooden wheel which is built into the body of the instrument above the bridge. The wheel is operated by a turning handle fixed to the endpin at the base of the instrument. The wheel cover is absent, as is the peg in the tailpiece and bridge for the trompette (drone). | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Subjects: | wood metal hurdy-gurdies bone gut metal thread mother of pearl | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-12480 |
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