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Hurdy-gurdy

Instruments
The hurdy-gurdy is a string instrument that produces sound by a hand-crank-turned, rosined wheel rubbing against the strings. The wheel functions much like a violin bow, and single notes played on the instrument sound similar to those of a violin.... Wikipedia
Classification: String instrument (bowed)
Other names: Wheel fiddle, wheel vielle, vielle à roue, zanfona, draailier, ghironda