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I have a budget of about 30 aud and I want a 30 note music box. Any recommendations

Hi All, I just published a full length 30 note music box arrangement of the song Maybe Next Time, originally by Michael Murphy. Check it out: https://musicboxmaniacs.com/explore/melody/michael-murphy-maybe-next-time_104420/

This Python program automates the whole process of converting a 30-note DXF file exported from musicmanics.com to an SVG file that can be directly uploaded to and cut by Cricut Design Space. Demo is here: https://youtu.be/y3J86qpPQiQ

You can view the files and the documentation at
https://github.com/obzerving/musicbox

Please note the disclaimers, licensing info etc. there.

Other methods of doing this worked, but without Illustrator, I needed an alternative. My husband wrote this program to help me out. Hopefully his sharing it will be fun for others as well.

I've been working on this arrangement for a while now, and punching it out (still going on by hand) took me a few days. The paperstrip is almost 10 meters long and takes about 7-8 minutes to play. I wanted to share it here because I can share it though the Musicboxmaniacs editor. The file is too long as this editor only allows for a length of up to 2048 and my song is about twice of that. I also have a small glissando in there somewhere.
However, I can share my pattern here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kYhyy14CIF5eReLZ7kriHtL_e2cunrMA/view?usp=sharing
and https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f8Wl9BlvZdmR5j1FjDDAWnxWIkmEMAnS/view?usp=sharing

And here's the performance of the piece to judge if this is worthy of your time :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtqyiSG9ELE&ab_channel=HannekeDebie

Hi everyone,

I am looking for someone who would be able make a music box replacement comb to order.

I have an antique music box however it has a damaged comb with three teeth missing and some are bent.

Can anyone help or point me towards a right direction?

Thank you

Hi everyone,

I am looking for someone who would be able make a music box replacement comb to order.

I have an antique music box however it has a damaged comb with three teeth missing and some are bent.

Can anyone help or point me towards a right direction?

Thank you

Based on Mitxela work, I did my version of a 3D printed midi automatic 30 notes music box.

You can find it on thingiverse :
thing: 5420570

or on youtube: video number
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I used the "bella ciao" midi file found on musicboxmania, thanks for all...

Hi!

Here is my latest project!

Fix the Beats is an app that automatically arranges the notes in a MIDI file within the range of your instrument. Its default mode is for the 30 note music box in F scale. It even annotates the MIDI file, so that you can review the changes in a score writer software!

Here are some interesting links in text format, as it gave "suspicious link" if I entered them normally:
You can find the app at the following link: triple "w" (dot) speakthebeats (dot) com/FixTheBeats/
Here is an instructions video on YouTube: triple "w" (dot) youtube (dot) com/watch?v=O4FZk1XRNpc

The audio track in the video was created using Fix the Beats. It is based on The Well-Tempered Clavier, Prelude 2 by J. S. Bach, arranged for playing on a 30 note music box in F scale.

Cheers!

Quiero hacer varias cajitas con diferentes canciones, pero no se como, ni de donde sacar las notas de las canciones, ¿hay algun video o cursode ustedes que me pueda ayudar?

I have modofied a song which contains a number of tuplets. Can I reproduce these on a paper strip by making the holes slightly closer than the printed lines and will the fingers be able to recover sufficiently to play them (they are not the same note) and secondly when I transfer my MP3 file to the MMM editing programme it doesn't recognise them and throws out the remainder of the tune. Anyone a solution?