hurdy-gurdies

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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.
hurdy-gurdies
Accepted term: 18-Nov-2024