Category:Hurdy-gurdy (1770-90) by Pierre Louvet, Paris (AM 1998.60.134)

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  • hurdy-gurdy [1998.60.134]. Auckland Museum (AucklandMuseum.com).
    "​hurdy-gurdy ",
    "​Object / Artefact › Applied Arts and Design ",
    "​Other titles:  vielle a roue (French)  / wheel viol ",
    "​Description: 
    • hurdy-gurdy, string instrument of traditional design and embellishment, bowed mechanically, a set of melody and drone strings, a resin coated wooden wheel which acts as a bow, and a keyboard with tangents that bear on the strings when depressed, carved female head at the top of the instrument, ebony and ivory upper purfling decoration and keys, ebony box lid with ivory catch, wooden pegs with ivory top stud, ivory bridge catches, ivory handle at base on metal wheel handle, tuned to D and mouche tuned to six, bridge is centred back to hold it from being pulled, trompete string (gut)
    • 1 hurdy-gurdy
      • maker unknown, [Mirecourt, France], late 18th century
      • maple, fruitwoods [pearwood], ivory, ebony, 704 x 276 x 246 mm
      • 1998.60.134 Castle 208
    • The hurdy-gurdy or wheel viol can be described as a mechanical fiddle.
    • Instead of a bow, the hurdy-gurdy is fitted with a wooden wheel set into the body which passes through a slot on the belly. The wheel is turned by the handle fitted to the end of the body. The melody strings are stopped by tangents which are pressed against them by a keyboard arrangement. There are also drone strings which play a continuous and unchanging accompaniment.
    • The Castles attributed the hurdy-gurdy to Pierre Louvet, Paris and dated it around 1770 - 90.
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    "​Place:  France ",
    "​Accession number:  1998.60.134 ",
    "​Accession date:  10 October 1998 ",
    "​Other Number:  1998.60.134, 208, 13954 ",
    "​Collection area:  Applied Arts and Design ",
    "​Item count:  1 ",
    "​Record richness:  ",
    "​Artefact ",
    "​Credit:  The Zillah Castle and Ronald Castle Collection of Musical Instruments, (208), collection of Auckland War Memorial Museum, 1998.60.134 ",
    "​Collection:  Ronald Castle and Zillah Castle ",
    "​Production:  not known (luthier)  / Mirecourt, France, Europe  / Circa 1770-Circa 1790 ",
    "​Signature/marks:  "-" ",
    "​Consists of:  wheel › pear  / possibility  / keybox lid veneer, keys, part of purfling decoration, › ebony  / keybox lid › walnut  / keys, handle, bridge catches part of purfling decoration, peg studs › ivory  / Nine facets to backplate, scroll, box, belly pegs, bridge › wood  / wood, ivory, ebony, walnut, iron, (pearwood)  / crank › iron ",
    "​Dimensions:  0 - Whole length (approximate) : 704mm  / (see object file)  / (length 704 x width 276 x depth 246 mm)  / 0 - Whole width : 276mm  / 0 - Whole depth : 246mm ",
    "​Classification:  Hornbostel-Sachs (Nomenclature) 321.321  / Chenhall Nomenclature (Nomenclature):  › 06 Tools & Equipment for Communication  › Musical T&E  › Musical Instruments  › Instrument, Stringed ",
    "​Classification Documents:  Article: Hornbostel and Sachs (1914). Systematik der Musikinstrumente ['Systematik der Musikinstrumente' Zeitschrift fur Ethnologie]. Germany "
    "​Record created:  27 January 1999 "

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