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Can you play a 15 note song on a 30 note music box?

Hi guys! So i recently input a song into the online music box melody editor and i noticed some red 'X's ; i understand that those are repetitive notes positioned too close to each other and music boxes may not be able to play them. But is there a way to rectify it? like changing its position but simultaneously not affecting its melody etc? I do not have any music background so I'm quite confused and do not know how to make it work. Would really appreciate any help!! Thank you in advance!

Hello,
I have a question maybe stupid but I'm new here.
I have a 15 notes music box and I have a 104 holes paper strips as everyone I guess.
I find some songs but there are too longs in terms of paper; have for example 96 notes but need 120 holes for did that.
Here an example:
https://musicboxmaniacs.com/explore/melody/we-wish-you-a-merry-christmas_2248/
Exist a way to reduce that for fit the music to 104 holes? Maybe I bought the worng paper...
Thank you very much really :)

Hi - Me and my 10yo daughter are trying to convert a morse code message we have (wav file) into a music box melody for a project we're doing together - and would like to know whether this would actually work, as far to say that it's only one note/sound so to speak output as dots and dashes. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Has anyone used a circuit or cutting machine to cut music strips for music box?

A.) I have been searching far and wide on services that let me pick a song of my choice that is beyond the business' list of songs, is there such a thing? And if so, may you refer me to them?

OR

B.) If A is not feasible...where can I start to making my own custom made music for music box? Like what items to buy exactly and where I can go to know where I should be punching the holes correctly for the song (provided below)

Song: [suspicious link]


Thanks in advance.

Whenever I export a song, parts of the song are missing. How can this be fixed?

I'm a newbe but want to get an old music box with maybe 72 notes. I can't find a forum to ask things so maybe this forum can help. I was gonna purchase something on ebay but not sure of what to do. Who to trust? Want and old one 19 century that play correctly. Maybe some Christmas tunes. Maybe 6 or 12 tunes with controls that work the correct way. Do people sell good stuff here? Is this the best forum? Email me at my new email ronciccone044@gmail.com

Does anyone know how long a Kikkerland 15 strip is? Not in dimensions, but in the measurement this site uses for length. For example: when you create a melody on this site, the default length is 256, or 32 measures of 4/4 time.

I have researched endlessly for a music box that will allow me to select my song without any availability. Is there anyone on this forum that actually makes customized music boxes?