It looks to me like a like a non-S-curved crank on the gurdy, and it
seems to be tied down with some leather, or something. That square
thing is a buckle on his clothes.
Hey Roy-
Don't get yourself in trouble again, for goodness sakes!!!
I see the square buckle "beneath" the hurdy-gurdy." What I see is what
looks like the round end of the axle sticking out right where you'd expect
to see the axle sticking out, a "finger's-width" below the soundboard - it
looks like it has a square socket about 1 cm across (roughly, using the
scale of the painting).
But it's hard to see any kind of detail looking at the link in
question. How big is the original painting?
~ Matt
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Matthew Szostak - Hurdy-Gurdies
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Camden, Maine 04843
phone: 207-236-9576
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