Music Box - How Does It Work?

[@Penultimate_Jive]

Other educational programs: cut some cardboard with safety scissors. CuriosityShow: hammer saw blades into your table.

[@smadaf]

Ask an adult of at least thirty years to help you with the scissors, or you may accidentally decapitate yourself and then all your friends!

[@johns3491]

As soon as you hear that Aussie accent, you know we're not playing kids' games anymore!

[@darkdaygirl]

That was fabulous! My 9 year old daughter wanted to know how a music box worked. I picked the right video! Whoever this guy is and whoever worked to create/produce this show, I thank you!

[@ellejay5024]

Hacksaw blades, "very fun to play with"

[@quadrillion92]

Lol

[@WhateverNWhatNot]

Back when ppl had common sense and knew you are perfectly capable of this without hurting yourelf.

[@gngy2597]

Great*

[@samnueldammett3358]

02:15 - It bothers the heck out of me that he never touched that last blade.

[@thebugcoiiector]

Samnuel Dammett oh my god same

[@dannyg1812]

Damn it made me search my soul for answers.

[@chainleigh3025]

@@dannyg1812 He must know that one connected to electricity. A smart guy.

[@Gabyzdelta]

Is this man still alive? He needs to redo this while striking the last blade

[@cravedog5628]

it bothered me too!

[@ysanch0504]

Wish there were shows like this running ..I think this generation need its

[@jacobcastillo3384]

There are lots

[@timothyeichstaedt8952]

How its made

[@shepherdoffire9263]

@@jacobcastillo3384 not like this anymore

[@prakh1250]

Ikr my generation is full of stupid tik tokers

[@pedro7546]

yeah

[@scattysafari7742]

Wonderful! I've always loved music boxes, and the last device was like a music box on steroids. What a beautiful piece of human engineering. As a kid in the 1970s, I LOVED the Curiosity show. You guys had a way of finding stuff that was really interesting to children, and explained it without ever talking down to them. When I got the concept you were explaining, it made me feel smart. I spent many a happy hour duplicating the experiments on the show at home. I'd LOVE to see a reboot of the show for today's kids. Maybe on KZbin?

[@CuriosityShow]

+ScattySafari Thanks for your kind remarks. The music box story is one of hundreds of segments which we have re-released on our Curiosity KZbin Channel. Please encourage your friends to subscribe and enjoy learning about the interesting things around us! Deane.

[@impalax327]

Deane thanks very much for getting this online for us to enjoy. It's where they belong. Cheers!

[@uchihasurvival]

ScattySafari I saw curiousity shows too in the very late 90s, but they are all now gone or too stupid.

[@tylerdunkleberger9438]

Maybe try “how it’s made”

[@nanacandraw1508]

KZbin Im a kid lol If i play with toys They call me a baby Now I spend all day with the phone Your childhood was better you can play with toys

[@jacobquesenberry4206]

This was cool! I learned something today. The disc one was like a CD player before the CD player.

[@CuriosityShow]

+Jacob Quesenberry Thanks for your interest. The large disc music box was on loan from the South Australian Museum of Mechanical Music near Lyndoch in the Barossa Valley, South Australia. It's a great place to visit. Deane.

[@ikarikid]

It looks more like a gramophone or phonograph

[@JACKHARRINGTON]

They both use bumps to store information.

[@mariaadams4284]

Found this by chance trying to explain how this works to my son. I was instantly transported back to being a kid in Australia in the late 80s. 😂

[@jaxnean2663]

I totally love the sound of music boxes, it's so mesmerizing

[@carliecoston5415]

Thank you so much for this video! I'm building a music box so this helped a lot .I love everything about music and music boxes. I mean, you can always just have a CD player but I prefer the music box because there are no vocals to distract you from the beauty of the tune itself. It's so hard to find quality videos on the internet these days so yet again, I thank you and I hope everyone has a wonderful day. ❤️

[@CuriosityShow]

+Carlie Coston Hi Carlie. Thanks for your kind remarks about our music box story. I'm glad you enjoyed it . Good luck in making your own music box. Deane.

[@haydenandersonproductions3676]

The ployphon's music at the end is beautiful.

[@CuriosityShow]

+Hayden Anderson Yes, the music is beautiful, and the music box with interchangeable metal discs was on loan from the Lyndoch Mechanical Music Museum in the Barossa Valley, South Australia. The museum is well worth a visit when you are in the area. Deane.

[@Johny40Se7en]

This one's gotta be the most fascinating and wonderful video of Curiosity Show I've seen so far. Thank you, and stuff like this should be shown in schools to spark the imagination and creativity. That Polyphone at the end is so beautiful. It's like an ancient record player. Proper magic to that 😊🥰🤗

[@praghadd5403]

teaching goals. a simple and clear explaining

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

There's a museum in St. Augustine Florida where they have lots of really old musical instruments such as the music box you showed at the end. Once a week they actually demonstrate them and it is a sight to behold. It's called the Lightner Museum. Interesting trivia is that it is in the old Alcazar hotel (built in 1888), which was built by Henry Flagler, who is the namesake of the county that St. Augustine resides in.

[@Flare0227]

My recommended: wanna learn how a music box works? Me at 2:17am: I dont need sleep, I need answers!

[@smadaf]

We used to have a stainless-steel kitchen counter. I once set the works of a music-box on that counter, while the spring was going-and that huge expanse of steel on top of a mostly empty wooden box (the cabinets and drawers) was such a good resonator that you could hear the music-box across the whole house.

[@Lyche333]

What instrument do you play? the comb

[@CuriosityShow]

I learned piano for 4 years, but all I can play now is "Chopsticks"! However, I am interested in all types of music. Deane

[@bluerabb]

*i can play the hacksaw*

[@WonderfulBoness]

@@CuriosityShow its the man himself

[@AdamKEBTraining]

You have my deep respect for being so good at presenting something that has always fascinating me. Great content, keep up😁

[@ph.manuel4589]

Born in late 90's in early 2000 some of the shows are very similar to this. The explanation is very deatailed yet easily understandable.

[@jibreelturabin6917]

Old but gold 🤘 2020 still watching

[@KingFrozenGhost]

This was amazing to watch and learn about how music boxes work!

[@questioner1596]

There's a plastic version of that German music box, I think made by Fisher Price in the 80s or 90s. I had one as a kid and it was fun to turn the wheels in the "stylus" by hand.

[@smadaf]

I did the same thing, rubbing the underside of it with my thumb! It was the Fisher-Price 'record player', came with four discs (eight songs), and was being made and sold in the 1980s.

[@MegaMissfitz]

Its gonna be a late night for me! Cant turn my music off tonight for some reason! Sweet dreams 😘🎧😘

[@aridaisyy4509]

this is actually helpful, joyful and interesting

[@nunyabuznezz7892]

'Polyphone' ; finally know the proper name for this music box and confirmed it was made in Germany.

[@keziavillacura1248]

Let's play with hacksaw blades they said, it will be fun they said

[@Maninawig]

I always wondered... Can you make a music box out of a hair comb?

[@makienxhemmiktar]

They sure don't make shows like this anymore. I think we need to step back a bit and cut down on the 'in-your-face' graphics and fast editing and just....slow things down like this. Very calming and informative.

[@hollyh2406]

I have a music box like that but it plays a sleepy lullaby my dad used to play it to get me to sleep.

[@YUDDHYASWA]

Amazing , loved it How minute its physics is and how brilliantly it sounds

[@20EsOfficial]

The 80s were such a cool decade.

[@Mario64Acer]

90's

[@lushapix]

+R4D10 4CT1V3 C4T122 yep

[@hardstyle3196]

weeowey the 80's WERE a good decade

[@CausticCatastrophe]

There isnt a video on this channel yet that doesn't 100% completely captivate me.

[@jaswkahlon6666]

Music box and pocket watch are my favourite things 🎶😊

[@Numocron]

Music boxes are such amazing mechanical music instruments.😃

[@ThilinaRajinda]

This clear different between noisy-annoying digital music and naturally generated music make me so happy and calm. Aren't you?

[@spottertruk]

Thanks for this video! Very informative and helpful.

[@chainleigh3025]

Thanks for your wonderful lesson. I wonder why music box with dozens of notes can sell as high as $500-$3000, but it can play only one or two minutes. Why is it so expensive? Your disc music box can play a disc for about one minute. The tune it plays actually is only a small part of the original melody. It will be a killing job if you want to listen to music for an hour to ease your mind after the dinner. People selling the music box didn't tell us the reality about the music box and just attracted us with a small piece of melody. e.g. A music box of llulaby is used to comfort the baby to go to sleep, but it can play only four minutes more or less while a baby takes 20 minutes to fall aslleep. It will become an unhappy work and a burden for mother to wind up the motor again and again to make her baby fall asleep.

[@astoyastor]

I want that old music box...

[@Alpha-1-Omega]

Just like some of the earliest stages of our bluetooth speakers (but without the bluetooth) Run a program disc on it (just like sending a bluetooth signal) and with a amplifier (the box itself) you can hear music!

[@MrKrimson]

Most recent comments are 2 years ago.. why am i h e r e altho props to this guy, presented very well :)

[@rolandvonmalmborg1905]

melody: 6:24 pol40CM-1340; Take me home again Kathleen. - 1875, Thomas P Westerdorf pity, not playing the whole disc.

[@lavenderforrestxx6630]

Where did you get these little antique music boxes from? It's an interest of mine to invest into the enchanting music from them. ☺

[@CuriosityShow]

Most capital cities in Australia have interactive science centres with shops which sell these little hand-winding music box mechanisms. Deane.

[@lavenderforrestxx6630]

+CuriosityShow So far away, There can only be a few ways to get a hold orb one but traveling far is out of question. I appreciated you replying back as well shows that you care to lend a hand to people's questions or just messages. Have a blessed day ✨☺

[@GroovyDominoes]

this looks like the show from the 90s

[@KoJIJoky]

But it's from 90s

[@GroovyDominoes]

AlexKiller07 o

[@AdrianaLopez-lk4xt]

+Groovy Dominoes lol

[@neerkoli]

From 70s to 90s to be precise.

[@mkvision]

Try before that. This show ended in 1990. It ran from 1972 to 1990. From the appearance of Deane this could have been late 70s early 80s.

[@sleepyxboy]

Oh my god! What an amazing show! So vynil aren't the same , but concept going in same direction? Last song reminds me some Mozart pieces, who knows this score title?

[@MysticianLuna_VG]

the last tune at 06:24 is "I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen"

[@realgroovy24]

Very nice thanks for sharing.

[@JaydenLawson]

Throws that 100 y/o antique poly phone around like it's a toy 😂

[@Reemtosa]

that was very interesting! thank you

[@caitskey]

horror movies made me scared of music boxes

[@Zeldur]

Really? I want to find a way to make a replacement drum to play Ballora's melody from Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location on it. Then, the music box from Elfen Lied.

[@i-lovliesk-diamonds7317]

ARMY!

[@shahirali8235]

@@Zeldur You can buy a music box like the one from Elfen Lied on Amazon or eBay

[@angel6018]

I NEED THE ELFEND LIED ONE!

[@ryukomatoi8503]

So 90's it hurts.

[@lushapix]

ikr

[@cortster12]

+The Vengeful Engineer You need to stop eating the 'member berries.

[@Maninawig]

Still more insightful than today's show

[@mkvision]

Not really. This show ended in 1990. Try late 70s early 80s. The show ran from 1972 to 1990.

[@Achim0]

Look at the colorful background it's obviously 80s lol

[@Parshuram_61]

Enlightening. Thanks so much 🙏

[@DarkAutumn3D]

I agree, trying to re-create a music box on piano is hard xD

[@grassfield5177]

2:58 his “but” is so powerful that it distorted the microphone and didn’t pick up the sound.

[@justinnaramor6050]

Sounded like what happened there is it quickly pushed down the volume of his voice when his "but" caused a peak in volume, like what a compressor does. Always made that observation when listening to this. So I wouldn't so much call it "distorting", but more like "compressing".

[@grassfield5177]

@@justinnaramor6050 I see.. thanks for the info

[@lookingforgoodthing1035]

Thank you for video in my ages I love to know this

[@mimicanada1957]

So fascinating!

[@lelizzdeux6516]

The lil metal part is also very similar to an instrument called the kalimba.

[@nvrmxithx]

I love the kalimba it makes any song sound so cute 🥺💜

[@user-lg9fp4ly5k]

I like how he says "Vibrate"

very well done!

[@CuriosityShow]

Joanne - Thank you for your kind remarks. Deane.

[@donnymcjonny6531]

That German music box sounds gorgeous. Does anyone know the song it plays?

[@smadaf]

Is it "Leise rieselt der Schnee"? kzbin.info/www/bejne/banbYoN5hZJgqbc

[@SangoNanami]

am I the only one concerned with the fact that this man is playing with hacksaw blades?

[@ufo717212]

Sango Nanami i am also surprised by that fact

[@nofrackedgasinmass8820]

Sango Nanami Ok, kids! Break into your Daddy's workshop and try this at home!

[@IndieIncendiary]

+Sango Nanami Eh, he's making music out of it. Go to town.

[@scattysafari7742]

+Sango Nanami As a kid of the 1970s, there was a LOT less supervision or helicopter parenting back then. The show usually did tell kids to ask their parents when handling dangerous things, but there was also an assumption that smart kids wouldn't do something stupid when handling objects like this. I loved the show because I felt it treated me like an intelligent kid, not like the dopes that so many shows like Barney assumed its audience was.

[@MegaMattMorris]

Imagine the uproar if this was produced today

[@LBTY1]

6:25 Such an old German tune. It feels a little bit sad for me, but I like the melody.

[@prakh1250]

6:35 Yes me and the boys listening to our favorite tune.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

3:53 If I wind the Handle, see if you can recognize what piece this is (Plays Happy Birthday or Good Morning to All).

[@willdingwall8503]

Deane looks like the guy from Horrible Histories, the one who always played Mike from the Cowboys song

[@NUGGETWOOOOOOOOYEAAAHH]

My job now, is to play BFG Division on a hair comb

[@Olivia-wg8gv]

watched this after finding an old music box cleaning my room lol

[@stop6859]

. My music box doesnt play the hightest note (E3) and i cant find a way to fix it anywhere :(. Do you know what can i do?

[@eli-vu3vb]

Imagine the line of people waiting to get the fresh Wägner polyphone disc

[@amtrakdude432]

ik how a music box worked basically there are these lines that if they hit a thin line (like in the one in a comb) they make a note

[@ooshley]

Recommendations didn’t fail me this time

[@a-bombmori7393]

when i looked inside a music box i saw all sorts of gears and a thing that seemed to spin magically. that's what i was curious (no pun intended) about. but this is still a good video.

[@lushapix]

same

[@한성빈-t3f]

no pun intended lol

[@AdieuAlle]

what instrument do you play? Me: I play the comb.

[@CuriosityShow]

I'm glad you asked! I took piano lessons for 4 years. And now, all I can play is "Chopsticks". Deane.

[@nunyabuznezz7892]

I can use the same principle for rubber bands but it has to be inside a vaccuum or oxygen-depleted container or the rubber detunes from rot. Has anybody ever tried that?

[@smadaf]

Some rubber bands last a lot longer. Those used as belts in tape players can last decades in a normal atmosphere.

[@brodysdaddy]

Imagine tv show telling kids today to go find some hacksaw blades to play with….adults back then trusted kids to not be stupid

[@marishadanielle3493]

Can i make it by myself?

[@gustavovinicius2103]

where can I buy the music box combs? any site?

[@abhineetkk]

Lovely indeed!

[@WISDOMCROW]

Same as well! Very well explained. What a great teacher.

[@freeT0watch]

nice show

[@andrewlankford9634]

GOSH BRUCE, I DON'T KNOW! WELL DEANE, YOU SEE THAT DRUM SHAPED THING DOWN THERE? WAIT A MINUTE.. OH, THERE IT IS, BRUCE!! WHAT ARE ALL THOSE BUMPS FOR?? WELL DEANE, THAT'S WHAT PLUCKS THAT ROW OF TINES ON THAT FINGER PIANO THINGY THERE AND MAKES MUSICAL NOTES! OOOOHHHHH BRUCE! GOSH, THAT'S CLEVER! COME OVER HERE SHEILA AND LET ME SHOW YOU HOW A MUSIC BOX WORKS!!!!!

[@CC-ek2dd]

🎵I'll take you home again 🎶Kathleen 🎵

[@KFC_Official_]

that small it's so cute

[@darkforestzombie218]

I really want to make a tiny one to put in a atuffed toy clown

[@wojciechwieladek2969]

Main theme sounds like contemporary North Korean music from Pyongyang Radio ;)

[@Jiroku7501]

That hacksaw shadow though

[@speedskis777]

that was awesome

[@CuriosityShow]

Thanks for your kind remarks. Lots more science activities on our KZbin channel kzbin.info Deane.

[@haydenandersonproductions3676]

The tune sounded different when you moved it from the table, to the glass, to the box.

[@CuriosityShow]

It was the same tune each time ("Happy Birthday"), but it sounded richer and deeper on the table, glass and box because they provided larger vibrating surfaces. Deane.

[@haydenandersonproductions3676]

Yeah. I knew it was happy birthday.

[@joshuathomas2012]

Man where have we gone from this, to trap beats and mumble rappers.

[@LedZeppelinFan2011]

Childhood

[@raisfathroosdian5120]

4:00 I know it's a happy birthday song

[@minteaness]

That’s me dying inside when he played three blind mice with the hacksaw blades (not hating)

[@LotusReign]

At 3:30 the whole low note/high note is so backwards I thought I was on drugs and had to watch the part almost five times

[@boahneelassmal]

basically a music box is a glorified and automated kalimba

[@Jojo-lt5ve]

Very old program 😍😁

[@CuriosityShow]

This one was made in 1983, but Curiosity Show ran from 1972 until 1990, and screened in 14 countries across Australasia, Asia and Europe. The year after this it won the Prix Jeunesse. - Rob

[@Jojo-lt5ve]

CuriosityShow cooooool

[@vertvaine]

pretty cool

[@prakh1250]

this is epic

[@lazarus2327]

What's that song that the polyphone plays?

[@CuriosityShow]

I borrowed the disc music box from the Mechanical Music Museum in Lyndoch, Barossa Valley, South Australia. I don't have a record of the tune played on the Polyphon disc. Deane.

[@nadjastekovic5510]

seven years ago omfg-

[@Poon09]

CLASSIC

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

Who thought of Mad Max 2 when the music box came out?

[@charanckck]

Thank you curiosity show.

[@alderusdmc]

wouldn't a few dictionaries have worked for holding down those hacksaw blades?

[@stepankuvshinov7647]

Yes, anything that would have kept the rest of the metal strings stay in one place

[@Ajoura]

You would like to put something underneath these blades at front and at back, like two metal rod, then screw these blades tight between those rods. It would be better if these blades will not touch the base, to prevent vibrations. And you will get a kalimba.