Vielle d'amour

Vielle d'amour (Fr.), Fr. hurdy-gurdy with 3–6 sympathetic strings, usually 4. If there are 6 strings, they are tuned in pairs, c1 d1 g1; if there are 4 single strings, they are tuned c1 e1 g1 a1 (149). Norlind, Tobias. Systematik der Saiteninstrumente. Stockholm, 1936; Hanover, 1939.