hurdy-gurdy
hurdy-gurdy is a necked bowl lute or bowed string instrument.
Also recorded as hurdy gurdy; wheel fiddle; wheel vielle; organistrum; vieille; vielle à roue.
Overview
Mechanical stringed musical instrument.
In detail
It is associated with France.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
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“Hurdy-gurdy”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q207821: hurdy-gurdy
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