The hurdy-gurdy was (and still is) a mechanical violin using a rosined wooden wheel attached to a crank to bow its strings.
en.wikipedia.org She plays many instruments on stage, including accordion, drums, xylophone, hurdy-gurdy, keyboards and organ.
en.wikipedia.org It features yet another band line-up as well as instrumentation including hurdy-gurdy, clarinet, saxophone and an array of vintage keyboards alongside more traditional rock instruments.
en.wikipedia.org Much of the music available for the instrument was described as suitable for musette, hurdy-gurdy, recorder or transverse flute; or for all these plus oboe or violin.
en.wikipedia.org Other instruments include the requinta, a kind of fife, as well as harps, fiddles, rebec and "zanfona" (hurdy-gurdy).
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