Hurdy-gurdy strings are purely generated electronically by the keys and also in combination with the rotation of the wheel. The signals for drone strings and the snares are generated by the crank movements of the wheel. The data exchange of the musical information between the hurdy-gurdy and connected computers, samplers or synthesizers are managed via MIDI interface. Hurdy-gurdy The hurdy-gurdy is a stringed instrument that produces sound by a hand crank-turned, rosined wheel rubbing against the strings. The wheel functions much like a violin bow, and single notes played on the instrument sound similar to those of a violin. Melodies are
Ye Olde Hurdy Gurdy Museum of Vintage Radio Ye Olde Hurdy Gurdy Museum of Vintage Radio Ye Olde Hurdy Gurdy Museum of Vintage Radio is a museum of communication history based in the Martello tower in Howth, Dublin. The tower was built in 1805, one of the many towers built along the Irish coast to guard against a possible Napoleonic invasion, and has long been associated with the history of radio transmission in Ireland and beyond. From 1825, the tower was used by the Preventative Water Guard (now the Irish Coast Guard) in its anti-smuggling work. The tower was the terminus of the first telegraph connecting Wales to