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Hurdy-gurdy   Listen
noun
Hurdy-gurdy  n.  
1.
A stringled instrument, lutelike in shape, in which the sound is produced by the friction of a wheel turned by a crank at the end, instead of by a bow, two of the strings being tuned as drones, while two or more, tuned in unison, are modulated by keys.
2.
In California, a water wheel with radial buckets, driven by the impact of a jet.






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"Hurdy-gurdy" Quotes from Famous Books



... that is written for snare-drums alone. His work is incrusted with cheap waltzes and barrel-organ tunes. It is gamy and racy in style; full of musical slang. He makes the orchestra imitate the quavering of an old hurdy-gurdy. Of late he has written a ballet for eight clowns. And he is reported to have said, "I should like to bring it about that music be performed in street-cars, while people get out and get in." For he finds ...
— Musical Portraits - Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers • Paul Rosenfeld

... my aunt, who is very ill and wants all sorts of luxuries, is rather expensive. So for the past week my drawing-room has been as full of fluting as a frog-pond at sunset, and on Sunday morning people were banging away at my poor piano as if it had been a hurdy-gurdy at ...
— The Eternal City • Hall Caine



Words linked to "Hurdy-gurdy" :   musical instrument, music, barrel organ, instrument, street organ, grind organ, hurdy gurdy, hand organ



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