How Music Box Cylinders Are Made

[@MST3Killa]

The making of these is just incredible to me. I can't imagine the dedication to craft one had to have to produce one by hand. Obviously there had to be some tooling, otherwise it would have simply taken a lifetime, but holy hell.

[@joeydw1249]

Okay so all the tricky parts are computer controlled now a days.... how tf did they make these 100+ years ago, pure genius. I love music boxes . :D

[@LogiForce86]

Some still make stuff like this by hand nowadays. In the Netherlands we have basically big music boxes build into a trailer. We call it a "draaiorgel" or turning organ. Instead of a roll you usually use punched paper strips as the actuator, and the "organ" is cranked/turned by hand instead of a spring. Instead of just sticky to metal combs these organs are more complex and use pipes like a pipe organ as well as drums. For these machines they still make new paper sheets with the latest pop hits and so on. So yeah, people still do create such matters by hand.

[@lukassteinbrink322]

@@LogiForce86 In Germany we have those too called "Drehorgel" pretty similar to yours but no wonder as a direct neighbour. But a Drehorgel are also those smaller boxes which only have organ as sound the really big ones as you described and that we have too also have drums and so on.

[@LogiForce86]

@@lukassteinbrink322 Yeah, we have them in various sizes too. Although often you'll see the bigger ones here. Also the name is identical except one word Dreh = Draai. The problem is Drehen in high German has the origin in Dreihen in Low German (Platduuts) and via Groningen and so on where we speak in dialect Low German / Platduuts / Lower Saxon (whatever name you fancy) it has gone from Dreihen to Draaien but phonetically it's spoken in the same manner. Grüße von Groningen. Ich habe enge Verwandten im Mecklenburg-Vorpommern und mein Urgroßmutter war sehr gut mit Plat. Leider zu fruh nach der Wende ist sie verstorben, und wie sie immer zu verstorbenne sagte... sie ist auch Tod bleiben. 😅

[@TheGogeta222]

Leierkasten

[@katejazz4208]

Exatamente o que pensei🤔

[@darrenhirst9900]

They are unique in their sound just like the Polyphon. They are worth the asking price. Nice video thank you.

[@fraisebee1903]

Absolutely wonderful. Music boxes are amazing.

[@tomlambert915]

imagine the skill of a watchmaker 500 years ago.

[@c.e.schlink9933]

So amazing, so incredible. I love music boxes.

[@ianmlclm7044]

Modern day: Make the computer do all the music box creation. Old days: Unparalleled level of skill, that we will never learn about, covered with a blanket of Mystery

[@josephkreifelsii6596]

Imagine making these in the days of old. They must have cost a fortune, and sold only to the wealthy of people.

[@tuileriesantiques9057]

that’s about right, cylinder and disk music boxes, they were only for the wealthy. unless the cylinder was less than 7 inches, or it was a 8” or less single comb regina music box which was affordable then for the average person. but all other sizes were for the wealthy only

[@FingerinUrDaughter]

nah these shits were so common that they were used as childrens toys. perhaps when they first came out they were expensive, but they sounded like shit compared to having actual musicians present, so they were only used wide scale as childrens toys. the music they are capable of playing is extremely simple, and 99% of the time sounds like complete shit.

[@FingerinUrDaughter]

@@IAldana123 your point is what exactly? theyre all shit.

[@michaelesposito2629]

How the hell did they do the pinning in the old days without a computer. That’s what I really want to know

[@Silly88]

You basically have to know the song by every note so you know which one to put next :o

[@MST3Killa]

@@Silly88 Which isn't that hard considering the music is written down.

[@pramodm3540]

Divide a sheet of paper (length equal to total bars in the music, also equal to the circumference of the cylinder) in to segments with distribution of individual notes timed according to the measure of music. Once this is done wrap it around the cylinder and punch those places and insert a pin into it. Needs musical knowledge and precision in craftmanship. Better not to venture into doing one. Will be frustrating if pin doesn't fit in to hole and not properly getting secured. Alignment is important. Also getting a tempered tuning forks (xylophone type) is difficult, moreover it may break due to brittle nature. Gears will wear out after certain number of use. Anyway it is a precision engineering marvel.

[@sagbear]

By hand

[@PeteONeillBass]

I've been making the do it yourself songs on music box paper now for a few years...my dream its to get a music box with replaceable cylinders of my own original music. Does anyone have any resources that could help me?

[@92000]

*Watchmaking and THIS are ones of the most advanced and precise works a human being can do.* Yet it will be forgotten because of the machines. There are fewer hand-job masters with every year. And the machines will never make it better than a man* by hand. Emotions are needed for this, but people don't understand ...until they compare. :]

[@michaelesposito2629]

Seba92000 You can find hand job masters at most Asian massage parlors 🤷🏻‍♂️.

[@Lafemme17]

@@michaelesposito2629 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@FingerinUrDaughter]

the machines make them not suck. people making these by hand are the reason why 99% of existing music boxes sound like complete shit and always did, which is why they never caught on as anything but childrens toys.

[@Lafemme17]

Y'all, at one time I really thought I could make a music box 😂😂😂😂😂🤡

[@ecstaticpenguin768]

Don't give up.

[@e.conboy4286]

Ya ‘bout done?

[@canali1253]

Same

[@Dr.Pepper001]

I wish that Music Box Attic made music boxes as gifts for girls around 10 to 12 years old. You know, with a twirling ballerina or the like.

[@matthewcharles4475]

Seems I’m in the wrong place for a last minute Diy gift 😅😅

[@dandaniels851]

Very Nice 😁 far more beautiful than any music box I've ever owned.

[@miorieser3210]

Absolute Spitze! BG aus D.

[@Numocron]

Wow man this is amazing.😃

[@KarthusDreams]

Hii

[@natski4288]

How about diy for music box mechanism using strip of paper with hole on it?

[@shubh-bankingaspirant827]

How much would all this setup cost ?

[@jaishemajames4554]

Wow!!!!!

[@nobunkbibleprophecy4273]

Yet during most of the video, it's not music-box music in the background...

[@mikeeverett2006]

You're right! It is very hard to concentrate on the technical aspects of the video with that junk background music.

[@e.conboy4286]

Yes the noise in the background made it difficult to hear the narrative and was very annoying, causing me to develop a headache.

[@Shann2710]

This is so cool xD

[@izacnewton5761]

for the macdonald observatory, Im sandy wood.

[@snickerdoodlez017]

so this is not a DIY

[@Grimace_Integ420]

i tried, not possible, unless you have practiced pretty much your whole life

[@SweetJoe7]

@@Grimace_Integ420 what did you try? was thinking of trying to copy a paper strip version onto tin.

[@Grimace_Integ420]

Sweet Joe I honestly can’t remember now, I think I tried to take the groves off the scroll and put different ones on for another tune

[@wphubert]

Why would you change the soundtrack to modern junk? You have the music from the boxes, that is all you need !

[@theboy6888]

I’m concerned of the amount of lead being used

[@Dr.Pepper001]

Why? You don't handle the lead.

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

Now i see why they are soooooo incredibly expensive.

[@emiliaolfelt6370]

is nobody gonna say anything about the bare-handed handling and filing of lead?

[@Dr.Pepper001]

I handled lead based solder for 30 years and I'm now 77. I haven't noticed any health issues.

[@IzludeTingel]

They are expensive as fk. $500 minimum purchases for 100 pieces bulk if you want a custom song.

[@justicewillprevail1106]

I don’t want to see how they make it now, I want to see how it’s done hundreds years ago.

[@thewanderingartists]

Me too! I wonder how they planned where to make holes and all that.

[@Mag_sg]

📌📌📌📌📌📌📌📌📌📌🥁🥁🥁🥁

[@maarcislv]

So, you're saying that back in age of empires they had electricity and factories? Something seems a bit off...

[@Nexus________]

2:42

[@mikeeverett2006]

They probably ran their milling machines, lathes, and other machinery off of a rotating shaft mounted overhead on the ceiling that was powered by a steam engine. Pinning the cylinder was done by hand.

[@e.conboy4286]

@@mikeeverett2006 Yes.My dad was a master machinist and I have photos of the early shop.Power was generated by water channeled over huge water wheels which turned wide straps of leather in a circular form connected to another round shaft which kept the action going all day long. This energy was used in textile mills, meat processing plants, auto building factories, until electricity was proven safer and with the growth of the TVA, electricity was easily produced and power could brought to towns, farm, ranches, towns., cities and just look at us now.We generate more and waste so:much light, it can be seen by the astronauts on Sky Lab. But early before the industrial revolution, work done in making these precision instruments may have been accomplished using power generated by a type of treadle or foot powered, similar to your grand or great grandmother sewing machine.: pulley and belts connected to belts controlling the energy to run the machines that were used. Amazing, isn’t it?

[@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017]

I wish the producers of this series would use the passive voice instead of saying "they" every time some action is described. I don't know why, but I've always found that irritating

[@pazuzu5827]

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[@mottthehoople693]

its a pity such shitty music is playing rather than a music box