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First post - what a great website. I saw Martha Wainwright using a punch card music box and was fascinated by them.

Metal or nylon gears?

15 or 30 pins?

And which has the 'best' sound??

Thanks and best wishes from a storm hit Scotland!

I would like to get a second paper punch to keep at work for when I want to punch a song at lunchtime.
When I make one as a Valentine's day card for my wife, I like to do it at work.
Anyone know where to buy the paper punch by itself?
I want to keep one here at work so I don't have to transport it around.

Hi, I am new here! :)

My wife wants to sew a custom stuffed animal we want to give to a child as a gift. We want to put a music box inside that plays a very specific melody we cannot buy anywhere on the web.

Because of the use case, a default music box with punchcards is not usable for us. Is there a way to obtain a "raw" music box for stuffed animals and bring our own melody to it?

Greetings,
Chris :)

Found this website while googling music boxs and i was suprised to notice that here is something like this.
You all are awesome people. Keep it up. In summer probably going to buy stuff from here and lot of paper to try out to make songs.

Hello everyone. I recently bought a 30 note music box and I'm trying to create some melody. I noticed when there are more notes on the same column they go out of tune from the music box, while on the site they are fine. can anyone help me?

Hi guys, I'm having trouble with my first music box creation.. I've punched out the holes on my paper strip but when I play my melody through the music box it sounds all wrong, like it's in a minor key or something. I've double checked the notation and I can't see any errors.. the timing of the music is perfect but the melody is way off. Any ideas where I could be going wrong? Any help appreciated.

Hello,
I am new here. Thanks for this forum and this wonderful website.
I have a problem when i try to import midi file from fruity loops. The rythm is not respected. I have some gap between chords
For exemple, i have an Aminor on the first time of second bar and after import it's on the second time . I really don't understand what's happen.
Another people with this problem ? A particular midi editor is recommanded ?
I can put some photo somewhere to show you.
Sorry for my bad english
Thanks for your help
David

It's where you can make your own theme song and you can pick what beat you're gonna use and you can add lyrics and a chorus and even the main lyrics of the song that you're making.

Hello,

I recently purchased the Wingostore 30-note music box from Amazon. The gears are copper and I felt that getting this would last longer and be more durable than the Grand Illusions plastic gears, and likely prevent slippage. Unfortunately after a very short period of time, my gears are making a squeaking noise after every revolution.

Has anyone else experienced this with the copper gear models, and is there a good way to fix this? Is it better to just get the Grand Illusions music box instead?

Thanks!

-Josh

My music box (K15) works fine and doesn’t stop as much on the paper sold with the box but I wanted to try to make a longer one using regular paper and ‘laminating’ it with tape. The tape makes it so that the puller will just slide over it and not properly pull the paper? Any suggestions to help me fix it?