How music boxes are made - GIF

How music boxes are made.

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Previously:

1820 musical pocket watch - photo and video
1907 Phonoliszt Violina music cabinet - GIF
Electric fan musical instrument - GIF
Marble Machine musical instrument - video
Musical saw Puccini performance - video
Playing music using pistols - GIF
Route 66 musical road rumble strip - video

To think that they used to do that by hand not that long ago...

How are the splines made/added?

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Originally Posted by Ralphxyz

How are the splines made/added?

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The music making parts?

Yeah, the little pins sticking up on the roll! How are they made/ fixed to the roll?

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Originally Posted by Ralphxyz

Yeah, the little pins sticking up on the roll! How are they made/ fixed to the roll?

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There is a roll of wire, it is held in some form of jaws, it is pushed into the hole. The hole is probably undersized a few thousands, so it goes in and gets wedged there.