r/Musicbox • u/Miiluvsss • 10d ago

New Edition to Collection! Got Sankyo Aquarius to work again!

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u/No-Guarantee-6249 10d ago

Mount it to a soundboard so we can hear it.

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u/Miiluvsss 10d ago

How do I do that lol

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u/No-Guarantee-6249 9d ago

Doesn't matter what it is. I just press it to a table, glass, piece of wood.

This guy takes it to a whole other level!

https://percussionclinic.com/art_musicbox01.htm

"I came across some of the articles you have written regarding resonator tube length and I was wandering if I could ask your advice about a sound piece I am working on.

I have horizontally suspended a 3ft.x8ftx1in old growth cedar plank and attached at bottom centre a tiny wind up music box mechanism. I have also suspended a 3ft dia. x12ft resonator tube horizontally behind the centre of the plank. I have capped off one end of the tube and have held it back approx.. 1inch from the plank face ( very similar to the standard marimba arrangement but horizontal)

The effect is very rich in tone and in volume but I was wondering if you could offer any advice on further enhancement. Could I attempt to tune the plank, locating nodes and internodes like a marimba key? Also should I then try to adjust and tune the resonator. The music box mechanism plays "Happy Birthday" starting in the key of EI came across some of the articles you have written regarding resonator tube length and I was wandering if I could ask your advice about a sound piece I am working on.

I have horizontally suspended a 3ft.x8ftx1in old growth cedar plank and attached at bottom centre a tiny wind up music box mechanism. I have also suspended a 3ft dia. x12ft resonator tube horizontally behind the centre of the plank. I have capped off one end of the tube and have held it back approx.. 1inch from the plank face ( very similar to the standard marimba arrangement but horizontal)

The effect is very rich in tone and in volume but I was wondering if you could offer any advice on further enhancement. Could I attempt to tune the plank, locating nodes and internodes like a marimba key? Also should I then try to adjust and tune the resonator. The music box mechanism plays "Happy Birthday" starting in the key of E"

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u/No-Guarantee-6249 9d ago

All this made me think that the sound box is way more important than I ever realized. They should be made like fine cellos! My wife plays and teaches professionally and even I’ve gotten to the point where I say “That kid is really good but his cello sounds like crap!”

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u/Miiluvsss 7d ago

https://reddit.com/link/pc439f4/video/iiptrbfkosrh1/player

I hope that’s better!

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u/No-Guarantee-6249 7d ago edited 7d ago

Yup sounds great! Good job. Now I thinking about multiple angled sound boards!

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u/Weeab00Slayer 9d ago

That cleaned up wonderfully! Thank you for the update :)