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Been thinking some, like adding more options like adding Triplet notes, or rasgueado.. What do you guys think?

I am using a Kikkerland 15 and the strips that come with them. Rather, I'm on my third K15 because I keep stripping out the small gear. I'm preparing some strips to go with the box as a Christmas present and some are running longer than the ~13 measures on the printed strips. That's where I ran into trouble - I know now not to overlap the two strips, because that's the place where the gears jammed on my second K15. But how best to connect them? I'm afraid of even using too much tape and I really don't want to ruin this box too.

For future melodies - because eventually I'll run out of the strips I have - I have some 110-lb (199 gsm) cardstock. Is that too thick? Not thick enough?

I have really enjoyed this project - using some existing melodies here on the site, but also charting other songs, transposing, fitting to the two octaves of the K15, and turning into a real physical thing. Thanks for this lovely community.

Hi all!

Recently I re-discovered the world of DIY music boxes on YouTube, but this time I got really interested on the exact engineering standing behind the music. I was unable to find anything related to this topic so went ahead and ordered 2 music boxes for myself to play with, but while waiting for delivery I thought that I will ask a question here :)

So - do you know about any reliable resources to try getting familiar with inner mechanism of paper fed music boxes? How pins on shaft operates separately and hits comb with enough force to make a sound (I suspect some spring mechanism winding up with crank movement)?

Thanks for helping with this ;)

Make sure to check out my video game theme melody! Pretty short, but super happy!


https://musicboxmaniacs.com/explore/melody/video-game-theme_69666/


:)

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.

Proposal to do yourself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkeVDrOTuqs

I wanna try using a music video to create a music box melody. How do I convert it into a music box melody? Help, please.

My previous longest, Bohemian Rhapsody ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2MwA9bDR6k ) just wasn't long enough!

I just completed a strip that plays all 6 minutes of Radiohead's 1997 masterpiece "Paranoid Android." Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSidvl5Ur6M

Quite taxing to make, and it bumped up against the maximum limit of notes that this website allows you to compose (2000 or so beats). Make your own (if you dare!) with the chart here: https://musicboxmaniacs.com/explore/melody/radiohead-paranoid-android_61819/

Considering the Grand Illusions music box costs almost $50 and has to be shipped from overseas (I'm in the United States), I was looking for an alternative on Amazon and came across this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GNB5GY7?tag=music0ea9-20&linkCode=ogi&th=1. Visually, it looks identical to the Grand Illusions one as far as I can tell, and the written dimensions of the Amazon one are 1mm less than the Grand Illusions one.
I'm wondering if they're identical, both being bought wholesale from Alibaba or something similar (I found this after a few minutes of searching: https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/30-note-Tapes-Hand-Crank-Music_1600112214455.html?spm=a2700.galleryofferlist.normal_offer.d_title.45fe2101zeqQ2C) and if it is worth it to get the cheaper Amazon one.
Thank you,
Levtus

Hi,

I bought an Aunmas 30-Note Hand Crank Tape 30 note Music Box and am trying to compose for it.

I've already had to re-draft because the scale is completely different from the tape, but my main problem is that It won't play repeated notes at the same pitch. I thought this might be because I was putting them too close together, but even at a safe distance they don't play the second note.

Is this something I have to live with? Or is there a solution?

Best,
Amy