Hi Robert, I found out the hard way by myself that gluing the strips by overlapping is not a good idea. The paper which came with the music box is 0.3 mm thick. I Thought I was lucky to find a 0.5 mm thick paper - with an overlap it is 2x 0.5 = 1mm thick. I tried to play that strip but it stuck in t...
Meanwhile I tried out several papers as punch card. The original paper strips which came with the music box are 0.3 mm (0,0118 inch) thick. For me it looks like they are some kind of plastic coated? My first trials with 0.5 mm thick paper ruined my first music box already because it was so thick tha...
Today my 'Auto Electric Powered 30 Note Music Box' arrived from China. I just mounted it on a little piece of wood as sounding body. This is my first play with this machine. https://youtu.be/HWmgaMvvzMg Arrangement taken from the Music Box Strips page (Danke Hans-Martin Meyer-Georges for all this ni...
I am just back to this nice instrument - So if someone is in need to get laser cut punch cards please don'T hesitate to contact me. I am not interested in big money because this is just a hobby.
By this you can send this cards to your friends also and you don'T cry to much if it is worn out...