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So Im trying to create a music box I have no experience with music or anything else.
I only had one music box in my life and its sadly broken and I dont know if there exist modern job which repairs it.
so I decided I would recreate it in a better form.
I was thinking putting it in a wooden chest but the problem wouldnt that dampen the music?
Do you guys have any tip I would be really really thankfull

Hello all! :)

I hope this is the right place to post. Some upfront information:

This is the music box I have - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07B8T2CWB/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1
Here is a video of the problem in question - https://streamable.com/wj93m

I punched a few songs out, and have really been enjoying it. As of recently, it seems like the music box is tending to "skip" or "stutter" when playing songs. The gears will continue to move, but it appears that the paper stops moving for about half a second, then it picks back up. It's almost like it loses its "grip" on the paper (but I can't figure out why that would be)

Has anyone seen any similar issues to this? Anyone know what's going on?

Thanks :)

Anybody interest?

All the 30-note crank mechanisms for sale via the store link have plastic gears (and users complaining they break). Except ONE that has copper gears, but... it will not play what we compose/transcribe here, because it is not tuned c d g a b c d e f f# g g# a a# b c c# d d# e f f# g g# a a# b c d e... Identifying the right combo and adding a link to it would be a great help! Alternatively, could the "create" page allow to toggle between "c" and "f" options/tunings, as they seem to be called informally?

I want to make a music box for my friends B-Day. I found the notes here but I'm not sure which Notes / Music box (Kikkerland, grand illusion, wintergatan) I need.
It says: Type = Full range 60 But I don't know what this means and which box and notes are the right one.

It should be as similar to the example here as possible. Should I choose a different song? Or will it be possible

Can someone help me?
Thanks :)

I made a little song in an app called medly, and it lets you export it as a midi file. I wanted this song to be played with a music box-type sound, and I found this website which says it can import midi, so I was really excited! But... I can’t figure out how to import it.

What method do you guys use to get the printer paper exports onto card stock? I've tried laminating the printer paper with packing tape, taping 3 sheets of printer paper together, etc, without much success. I was wondering if I could use a glue stick and just glue the sheets to card stock but thought that might be too thick and am hoping that asking here will save much time experimenting.

Today I dissected my 30 note music box completely and found pieces of tape from the topmost, F# to the bottom-most note, C. I have no clue why the tape is there and I want to know if it is safe to remove.

Hi Everyone,

I have Kikkerland 15, I need Chopin - Nocturne I’m searched this and I’m find this. When I want to convert it 15 notes version, everything distorted. Tempo, notes, rhythm everything.
I need this :

https://musicboxmaniacs.com/explore/melody/chopin-nocturne_21427/

Thank you for your help!

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