hurdy-gurdy
Report a Mistake- Date Made 1974
- Event --
- Affiliation English Canadian
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer Turner, Edward R.
- Object Number 74-1279
- Place of Origin Continent - North America, Country - Canada, Province / Territory - British Columbia, Municipality - Vancouver, Township / District - Vancouver
- Category Tools and equipment for communication
- Sub-category Musical tools and equipment
- Department Folklore
- Museum CMH
- Earliest 1974/01/01
- Latest 1974/12/31
- Inscription Edward R. Turner/420 W. Hastings St., Vancouver, B.C./1974
- Materials Cherry, Redwood, Holly, Ebony, Maple, Boxwood, Steel, Brass, Animal gut
- Measurements Height 18.0 cm, Length 67.0 cm, Width 25.0 cm
- Caption Hurdy-Gurdy, Vancouver, British Columbia, 1974
- Additional Information This hurdy-gurdy is a reproduction of an anonymous eighteenth-century instrument owned by Paul Reichlin of Samstagern, Switzerland. It also resembles an instrument in the collection of the Conservatoire national de Paris made by Pierre Louvet (1711-1784), a renowned hurdy-gurdy maker. The guitar-shaped body is made of cherrywood. With its carved head and ebony and holly inlays on the purfling of the body, this instrument is a model of craftsmanship.