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I present you my app to generate 3d model of a music box drum with your custom music.

You can export MIDI directly from MBM and create your custom music boxes!

https://github.com/PashaWNN/midi_to_music_box/tree/main

UPD Jun 28: I've just released a new version with the web interface, so you no longer need to know how to use command line interface apps to build your own drum.

I would like to transfer 3 songs to a new music box for my beloved on her birthday next month. But I know nothing about music editions. How can I convert a song to MP3 and then adapt it for a music box?

Please help: This site does not seem to have the "CREATE" for 32 notes MURO Box

Does anyone know of they make wind up attachments for the DYI hand crank music boxes? I do not want to crank, I want to wind

Hi guys

Even though this forum is about paper music boxes I have a question which I believe should relate to all music boxes. Its super simple yet I have been googling for several days with no luck. Its about writing for music box.

What does the number really mean in the music box type? 15-note, 18-note, 30-note etc., etc.

I had understood it meant the total number of individual combs. So I wrote a piece for three voices for an 18-note box (not paper) that stayed within the range of 17 notes. I sent it to someone to prototype so i could make 100 or so to sell at my shows. She said it could not be made as written. She did not say why.

So that being said - it stayed within 17 notes.
So does the number refer to the absolute length of a song? 15 total notes whether repeated or not?

Was my melody too high perhaps
I am really excited about my music boxes its been a project in my mind for a number of years and yet very hard to find info.

Leon

Hello,

Im new to the forums.

So bassically i had 10 custom 30 note music boxes made. I believe there sankyo movements.

When i got them after listening for awhile i feel like the temp of my movement is too slow?

Everything sounds good note wise but i just want to speed up the tempo.

Is there anyone with advice or info?

I am using someone else melody, I don't understand the whole "Notes" box thing, I don't know what box I should buy.

https://musicboxmaniacs.com/explore/melody/dont-wanna-cry-seventeen_72128/
Is the melody :)

I appreciate it, I want to surprise my beautiful girlfriend.

There is one piece of my 30-note music boxes that breaks most frequently... it's one specific gear with tiny teeth (see photo: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10s3RDm31qh94teXnkbElf9UCoqYc-cGa/view?usp=sharing ) I've looked for where you can buy just the plastic gears, but haven't found anything on Amazon. They offer copper gears, but those are too noisy. I tried buying a 15-note music box to cannibalize its gear, but the teeth are different.

Anybody know of a source to buy just the plastic gears?

Questions on Speed and note timing: I'm installing the music box (connected to a 28ybg-48 stepper motor via ULN3003 Driver and Arduino NANO processor) in a very small box enclosure with no external slot. The paper tape will be a small loop. I'm using direct connection to the crankshaft, the ,max speed is approx 1 rev/2 seconds. So I have a problem with timing, as the tape moves too slow, Because the motorized music box will be installed in a small, sealed enclosure, I want to use a short, looped tape.
I have a 3d printer and successfully created gears, so I could add to the music-box mechanism to change the ratio, but this will affect torque since the stepper unit is already at a 64-1 gear ratio. So instead of adjusting speed & power of the rollers with a modified gear-train, I'm experimenting changing note timing by adjusting space /density of the punches. I punched music so a whole note is a half column on the the paper strip. Problem is, not all the notes are playing. Is this due to cog spacing, and they can not realign to the denser data?
Any Suggestions?

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.