Hi friends,  I guess you could say that I am one of the "music box
people"  Nancy Fratti asked about.  I love every aspect of mechanical
music, though I have never actually restored anything.  For the last
fifteen years I have earned my living making wooden ocarinas.  We ship
them to stores across the country, and I sell them at Arts Festivals and
through the mail.

My main interest is precision machining.  Over the years I have made two
cylinder music boxes, a pipe organ, and my last musical project was a
hand-cranked organ that plays Celestina rolls on 20 of my ocarinas.

Charlie Hind

 [ Welcome to MMD, Charlie, and what's the wood ocarina like?  Does it
 [ sound like a traditional Italian instrument of clay?  I love the
 [ sound of the little "Sweet Potato".  -- Robbie