Features:
musical melody
Punch holes in the paper strips provided
Play any song you wish
Paper strip refills also available
Specifications:
Note: 15
Material: Zinc alloy, mental, paper
Music Movement Size: 10.8 x 7 x 3.5cm / 4.25 x 2.75 x 1.37"
Tapes Size: 66 x 7cm / 26 x 2.75"
How to Use:
1. Punch holes on paper tape to write music. Then inset the tape into the music box movement
2. Rotate the crank clockwise and you will hear the music a few seconds later
3. When music ended, keep on rotating crank till paper tape comes out
About Writing Music On Paper Tape:
Tape ranges 50 or 100 half. Horizontal tap is sharp, longitudinal tap is half, two solid lines is a beat
The movement read notes through rotation of 15-pin shaft and make sound by moving soundboard. Within a circle of shaft rotation, if a sound of a pitch appears more than once (such as 11, two sounds are very close to each other, and on paper tape, 2 holes of C sound are punched on adjacent solid line and dotted line). The later sound will be ignored after first sound is read (adjacent 1/4 beat sound of the same pitch will also be ignored). Therefore, in some cheerful melody and chords, such as 15351535, the 5 repeats too much and the music might come out as 153153. You can try to recompose chord and melody. It allows 1/4 beat, and just punch hole in between solid line and dotted line
In a nutshell, the min note interval thi movement can identify is half of the interval between solid line and dotted line
15-note movement range is narrow, so consider first whether it is possible to write your favorite music on tape
Note:
1. Use a proper glue to fix
2. It can be fixed in an appropriate box or case to amplify the volume
Package Included:
1 x Music Box Movement
1 x Hole Puncher
20 x Blank Paper Tapes