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How to Build a Custom Music Box
By Hauke Marxsen

Re: Digest 98-10-07 and 98-10-09

Hello Thomas!

Yesterday I have suggested to take a comb from a Thorens/Reuge 4.5"
disc movement because of the universal balance of notes.  I haven't
thought about the different damper system of the disc movement.  The
comb needs dampers; I can't say if it's easy to complete the comb
with dampers to use the comb for a cylinder movement.  May be it's not
as easy as I suggested yesterday.  An other way to create an individual
tune is - to try it with a 4.5" Thorens/Reuge disc movement.  May be
it's a little bit easier then to make a cylinder movement.  Instead of
punching holes into a disc to create the downgoing hooks, I would try
to drill small holes and carry through small steel screws.  The pike
of a screw should get a special treatment to get the right form.

Greetings from Hauke Marxsen


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