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 museum is an homage to a remark by Taoiseach Seán Lemass, who asked an RTÉ radio controller in the 1950s "How's the hurdy gurdy?". The exhibition includes artefacts relating to all forms of communication and related Irish historical events, including radios, early televisions, gramophones, and records. The Morse code-based amateur radio station, EI0MAR, operates from the museum. The story of curator Herbert and the museum was the subject of a 10-minute award winning film in 2014, "Hurdy Gurdy Man". Ye Olde Hurdy Gurdy Museum of Vintage Radio Ye Olde Hurdy Gurdy Museum of Vintage Radio is a museum of communication