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Cost Of 4-minute 30-note Musical Box Tune
By Harald M. Mueller

Could a 4-minute tune be put on a cylinder music box?  I have
arranged Manolis Kalomiris' Nocturne (1) for the 30-note Sankyo
music box movement (2):

(1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr1OICwFF1g 
(2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LFIIZpN5sQ 

Originally, the person for whom I arranged it asked for a classical
cylinder music box.  My answer was that this would be impossible,
first, because the duration of this piece (more than 4 minutes) would
not fit on a cylinder music box (although it could be done with spiral
tracks); and second, that the cost would be enormous.

But -- I am not at all a specialist in music boxes, so is what I said
true?  Or could my arrangement be put on a cylinder music box with
reasonable cost?

Harald Mueller
Grafing near Munich, Germany


(Message sent Sun 10 Feb 2019, 12:54:53 GMT, from time zone GMT-0800.)

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