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Greetings, I've been searching for a couple of days now to no avail. There is this tune by the alias "1805 swiss snuff music box: traditional music box", which has no actual name accredited to it. Can you identify what the original composition/song is?
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I have tens of thousands of midi files. Is there a good technique for searching through them by key signature and tempo? Looking for software that works on MacOS.

I have now taken the time to use CHATGPT to write a python code that will take an 88 note scale MIDI file and translate it into an accurate Fisher Price Music Box Record Player Disk
while keeping the melody and the Fisher Price Tempo of 80 BPM. The code actually works as generated by ChatGPT 4o but it took some 100 trys at it before I got a working code.

Reply here for more information. Russ Campbell

I was recently gifted a 30-note Grand Illusions (F scale) and found that many of the songs on this site are created for the C scale version of the same box. If I punched out an arrangement in C, would my box play the same thing just in F? The melody editor changes notes when transposing to the F scale version, but the papers I have tell me that all the notes are the same just transposed a fourth up.

If they have the same interval layout, is there any real reason to change the notes when transposing in the melody editor? I feel like it's throwing me off for no reason. It could be something I'm missing, pls let me know.

Hello! I have a 30 note music box but the plastic gears slip often. Just wondering if anyone knows where to find replacement copper gears that ship to Canada (drop a link if its convenient). Thanks!! :)

This was actually written during the pandemic as a song of hope in dark times. It was done on one of those $20 kikkerman music boxes. Hope you like it!

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Hi all, i have hand made a box for my 15 note music box for a present for my wife (she’s quite sick at the moment and bed bound) and im now looking for some help! I’m looking to have “Lewis Capaldi - Love the hell out of you” transferred onto my paper strip! Is there anyone out there that could help make this possible?

I was wondering what notes are used in the full 60 tune music box songs. I was thinking of taking Python to transcribe the notes that are in the Full 60 to a Fisher Price Music Box Record Player , and make it sound nice.

Is it viable to create an editor for a full range 88 note music box? I'm currently transcribing liszt's works and the 60 note range is nice, but for some pieces it will just alter it too much. So I ask if it's a decent idea to make a real full range editor for music box MIDI of 88 notes

Hello, first-time music box composer here! I have a problem which I haven't seen anyone comment on: The metal teeth on the roll below the white cylinder stop rotating after playing their notes, or take a long pause to play them. It seems the teeth are too loose on the roll, so they stop rotating halfway through the roll, causing them not to grab in the holes of the paper... I don't know if my explanation is that great but I hope someone can help me with this, I am so excited to get my song to play on the music box! Should I record a video showing how it happens?