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Organistrums

Scope note

Large, fiddle-shaped, early form of the hurdy-gurdy, developed in 12th-century Europe, played set horizontally across two players' laps, one operating the tangents while the other turned the crank.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000193926

Broader Terms used

hurdy-gurdies

Term used for

organistra

Equivalent Terms used

organistrum

Created

13yrs ago

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